The skeletal remains found by a dog in Valencia last Saturday were those of 18-year-old Brandon Thomas.
Thomas was identified through his dental records by relatives who visited the Forensic Science Centre, St James, yesterday. His autopsy revealed he was chopped and stabbed in the head and chest before his body was buried in a shallow grave.
Thomas, of Oropouche Road, Valencia, was reported missing in January.
According to police reports, a woman was fishing near a bamboo patch in a trace off Valencia Road last Saturday, when her dog brought a bone believed to be that of a human. The woman and other relatives later traced where the dog came from and found the skeletal remains. She then called police.
In two unrelated incidents, homicide officers are investigating the murder of a Morvant man found on the kitchen floor of his home on Saturday.
According to reports, around 2 am residents of Calvary Hill, Morvant, heard gunshots coming from the home Justin Eustace Phillip. Around 11 am, after not seeing him for the day, residents went to his home and found Phillip, 31, dead in his kitchen with gunshot wounds.
In another killing, Hughie Lopez, of Upper Pashley Street, Laventille, died at the Port-of-Spain General Hospital around 10.45 pm Saturday, after being shot several times about the body.
Police said they found Lopez in a track off the side of the road after they were called to the ares by residents who had heard gunshots.