Detectives have identified the body of a woman that was found in the Potomac River.
The body was identified as 47-year-old Helen Johnstone. She was found just after 1 p.m. Wednesday floating in the Potomac River near the Virginia side of the river. Authorities believe she may have been hiking and slipped and fell into the water.
Members of the department's Harbor Branch responded to the scene and divers pulled the body from the water near Jack's Boat House.
"Middle-aged woman was found floating in the water about a quarter mile north of three sisters island. She was found by a canoer. The canoer flagged down some boats and they called Fire and EMS," said D.C. Fire and EMS spokesperson Scott Kane.
Sources told ABC 7 News, former television star, actress Lynda Carter, of 'Wonder Woman" fame, called 911 after seeing Johnstone's body floating north of the 3500 block of Water Street.
Carter had been out on the water rowing when it happened, but left the private Potomac boat club abruptly without giving comment.
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