By Daily Press staff
CORONER’S OFFICE — A nude corpse found last month floating 100 yards offshore has been identified as Barbara Faye Mason, a 35-year-old homeless woman.
It’s unknown how Mason died. Coroners said her body was bloated and her skin was patchy, adding sea animals had begun to eat away at the corpse before it was discovered on March 25 and brought ashore by lifeguards. More tests have been ordered.
Lt. Cheryl MacWillie from the Los Angeles County Coroner’s Office said Mason had no known address and was therefore listed as homeless. She was identified through fingerprints.
Faye was found in the water off of Santa Monica Beach, west of Montana Avenue.
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on April 6, 2004. Read the original PDF.