A body washed up on shore near the Portland Head Light Thursday afternoon.
Details on the individual, including their possible cause of death or any identifiers, have not been released.
Police received a report about a deceased person in the water just before 1:30 p.m., according to a news release from the Cape Elizabeth Police Department. Officers arrived to find the body on the rocks by the Cliff Walk at Fort Williams Park, said fire Chief Steve Young.
Cape Elizabeth police did not say if the death appears suspicious and said more information would be released by Maine State Police. Spokesperson Shannon Moss said Friday that the medical examiner’s office was conducting an autopsy and more information would be released later.
Young said he could not provide any further details about the body or how long it had been there.
The park remained open as police blocked off an area of the Cliff Walk with cruisers and police tape. A handful of people were there when authorities carried what appeared to be a body bag out of the area around 4 p.m.
About a half-dozen people carried the bag up the rocky promontory and onto the cliff walk just north of the lighthouse.
Photographer Brianna Soukup and Staff Writer Daniel Kool contributed to this report.
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