The semi-nude body of a man was discovered in a kneeling position in a drain not far from a church and tertiary institution in San Fernando yesterday afternoon.
Police were last night trying to identify the body, which was lifted by undertakers out of the almost ten-foot deep drain along Blanche Fraser Street.
Police said at about 2 pm someone called the station to report loud explosions in the area. A police team visited the scene but did not find anything.
However, they were called to the scene later on and found the body in a kneeling position with the head partially submerged in water. There were injuries to the head. A bloody boulder was found next to the body, which was clad only in an underwear. A pair of trousers was found further up the drain.
The deceased appeared to be of mixed descent, fair complexion and in his 30s. None of the residents who gathered at the scene could have assisted police with the man’s identity.
A district medical officer subsequently examined the body and ordered its removal.
Anyone with information about the man’s identity or who could assist with the investigations is asked to
come forward. Visiting the scene was a party of police officers from the San Fernando CID and Homicide
Bureau, led by Insp Don Gajadhar.
The body was taken to the San Fernando mortuary before being transferred to the Forensic Science Centre, St James, for an autopsy. (SW)