A woman’s body was found Tuesday afternoon near the railroad tracks in Goleta, according to the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office.
Sheriff’s deputies, county firefighters and an ambulance were dispatched shortly after 3 p.m. to where the remains were found, sheriff’s Public Information Officer Raquel Zick told Noozhawk.
The body was located between the Cortona Point apartments and the train tracks, just east of Storke Road, Zick said.
“The death is not train related,” Zick said. “ID is not available for release at this time.”
The sheriff’s Coroner’s Bureau is investigating the cause and manner and death.

