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Decomposing body found in open lot along Hope Road, St Andrew

Published:Monday | July 30, 2018 | 9:49 AM

Investigators attached to the St Andrew Central Criminal Investigations Branch are probing the discovery of the decomposing body of a man in an open lot on Hope Road in St Andrew yesterday morning.

The police say the body is of dark complexion, medium build, about 5 feet 6 inches long, appears to be in its mid-thirties and sports an unkempt hairstyle.

They say he was clad in a black polo shirt, khaki pants, and dark-coloured socks.

The police say about 11:20 residents saw the body and summoned them.

According to the police, the body, which was is in an early stage of decomposition, had bruises and a wound to the head. 

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