A body, still wearing a gold necklace, has been recovered from the sea by a lifeboat crew.
Crew on board a fishing vessel spotted the badly-decomposed body face-down about five miles south-west of Hastings.
They alerted Dover Coastguard and an inshore lifeboat at Hastings recovered the partially-clothed body just after 1pm on Friday.
It was brought back to the lifeboat station before being taken away for inspection.
Police inquiries were continuing.
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