The body of a woman was caught in the nets of a fishing boat off the coast of Massachusetts last week, and officials now believe she was buried at sea.

A wrapped body that was snagged last week by fishermen off the coast of Massachusetts is now believed to be a woman who was 'buried at sea.'

No foul play is suspected, according to prosecutors, who released new information on Monday. Details here. A fishing vessel pulled up a wrapped body with its fishing nets about 40 miles off the coast of Massachusetts Friday morning,

A body pulled in by the nets of a fishing vessel Thursday, about 40 miles off the Massachusetts coast, was identified as a woman in her 60s who had cancer, officials said Monday. The body had been embalmed for what appeared to be a burial at sea,

Authorities said a body found in a fishing vessel's nets last week was that of a woman in her 60s who appeared to have been embalmed.