The body of an unidentified man was found in a river near Roodal Cemetery in San Fernando at around 8 am yesterday.
Game warden Rennie Lokpath, 60, said he was taking his 36-year-old son to the San Fernando General Hospital when he saw the body floating in the river.
“When we reach on the bridge my son said, ‘Daddy look I see a body inside the drain there,’” he said.
Lokpath said he was going to pull aside to assist but his son told him the person’s head was submerged in the river.
Lokpath said he dropped off his son at the nearby hospital and then returned to the scene. He said the body was clad only in chequered short pants and there were a few one dollar bills not far from the body.
He called the police. Investigations are continuing.