WESTBROOK, Conn. (AP) State police are investigating the discovery of a woman's body that washed ashore in a beachfront neighborhood in Westbrook.

Troopers blocked off the Grove Beach area Wednesday morning as a state police Major Crime Squad team responded to the scene.

Police identified the woman as 72-year-old Carolee Bentley, who had home addresses in both Westbrook and White Plains, New York.

The body was found on the beach in a neighborhood of shorefront homes along a private road.

It's not clear how she died.