A woman’s body was found in a snow-covered retention pond in New Jersey on Monday, according to the Neptune Township Police Department.

Authorities are investigating the death of a middle-aged woman whose body was found on a snow-covered retention pond in Monmouth County on Monday. The body of the woman was found between Restaurant Depot and Residence Inn on Jumping Brook Road in Neptune Township,

The unidentified woman was discovered in Neptune Township after a bystander reported a person lying in the snow wearing only a shirt and shorts.

A woman was found dead, lying in the snow in Neptune on the afternoon of Monday, Jan. 20, authorities said. Officers responded to 230 Jumping Brook Rd. at 1:07 p.m. and found a dead woman, wearing only a shirt and shorts,