A woman's purse containing $1,385 and the personal documents of a Cuban couple has puzzled Miami Beach Police for the three months since it was found on the beach.

The documents include birth and marriage certificates, a court sentence, letters of reference and photocopies of passports belonging to Roberto Jorge Rodriguez, 34, and Marlen Rodriguez Chavez, 35, both of Havana.

Several documents indicate that they are -- or were -- Jehovah's Witnesses, active in the organization's headquarters in the Playa district of Havana.

Reached by phone Monday, a member of that organization told El Nuevo Herald that he knew the couple but that he did not know their current whereabouts.

A resident of Miami Beach found the purse on the beach Nov. 21. Since then, no one has reported its loss or stepped forward to claim it.

According to the photocopies of the passports, the couple entered the Bahamas legally Nov. 10. Nothing more is known. The Rodriguezes may have drowned while trying to reach the United States illegally, or they may have been safely delivered to shore by smugglers and dropped the purse at that time.

For the moment, the authorities refuse to speculate.

The documents also show that Roberto Rodriguez worked as a television technician at the Retail Trade Association of Marianao and that he was taken to court by that group in 1992 for his religious activities.

A Ministry of Justice certificate states that Rodriguez was tried and imprisoned for dealing in ``clandestine publications'' and for ``speculation.''