LUDINGTON, MI – Authorities say the body discovered in the Ludington Municipal Marina Basin on Saturday is that of a 24-year-old woman who had recently moved to the area.
Ludington police have identified the woman as Ling Lang Zou who had moved to Ludington from Brooklyn for a job. The victim’s family lives in China.
It wasn’t clear Tuesday just how Zou ended up in the water.
Police say she was last seen at around 2 p.m. on May 31 walking west on Ludington Avenue near Jackson Road.
She was wearing a gray pinstripe button-up shirt and black stretch-type pants with a gray waistband, police said.
Authorities are hoping someone knows something and reports that information to police.
The public is urged to report any helpful information to the Mason-Oceana 911 at (231) 869-5858 or the Ludington Police Department at (231) 843-3425.
Anonymous tips can be reported to Silent Observer @ 888-STOPCRIME (888-786-7274) or at at
or by texting “LSOTIP and the tip to 274637 (CRIMES).
The Ludington Fire Department, the Mason County Sheriff’s Office Marine Patrol and Life EMS assisted in the recovery of the victim. The Michigan State Police and the Mason County Sheriff’s Office are assisting the Ludington Police Department in the investigation.