Decomposing body of man found in Rio Cobre
Detectives assigned to the St Catherine North Police Division are investigating the death of a man whose body was found in the Rio Cobre in Spanish Town, St Catherine on Thursday.
The police report that about 9:00 a.m. they were alerted to a body seen floating in the river in the vicinity of the Waterloo Close community.
A team was dispatched to the location, where the body was found in an advanced state of decomposition.
It was clad in a white merino and orange underpants.
The scene was processed, and the body was removed and pronounced dead.
It was later transported to a funeral home, where it will be stored pending a post-mortem examination.
Investigators are now working to ascertain the identity of the deceased and determine the circumstances surrounding his death.
- Rasbert Turner
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