The body of a man who escaped from a police cell was found yesterday off Mausica Road, D’Abadie, wrapped in plastic.
Police were alerted of the body by relatives of Peter Solaiman to a bushy area near Chai’s Exotic Fish Farm around 10 am.
Investigators said they were unsure how Solaiman was killed and an autopsy was scheduled at the Forensic Science Centre, St James, today.
Solaiman, 26, squeezed through the food tray area of a holding cell on November 9 last year at the Central Police Station, St Vincent Street, Port-of-Spain, hours before he was scheduled to appear before a magistrate charged with being a gang member and possession of a bulletproof vest.
He sneaked past police officers who only found out he was missing when they went to take him to court.
In another incident, relatives of taxi-driver Anthony Superville, 57, of Cane Farm, Trincity, believe the charred remains found on a pyre of tyres at Windy Hill, Arouca, on Tuesday is that of Superville.
The relatives went to the Forensic Science Centre yesterday with dental records in an attempt to confirm his identity.
Superville was reported missing last Friday. Eight people, police said, were held on Wednesday and are being questioned in relation to that crime.
In a separate incident, police responded to a report on Wednesday after the discovery of the skeletal remains of a human were found in some bushes just off Sellier Street, Wallerfield.