RHON­DOR DOWLAT

Se­nior Re­porter

The de­com­pos­ing body of a 52-year-old man—said to be a sol­dier as­signed to the Trinidad and To­ba­go Re­serves—was found at his home at Are­na Road, San Raphael on Thurs­day.

Po­lice said Arnold Roach, who suf­fered from asth­ma, high blood pres­sure and oth­er ail­ments over a pe­ri­od of time, is be­lieved to have died from nat­ur­al caus­es.

Roach was last sta­tioned at Mac­queripe in Ch­aguara­mas.

Po­lice said at about 3 pm on Thurs­day (Jan­u­ary 11, 2024), a friend of Roach’s went to his home and on ar­rival, he was alert­ed to a foul stench em­a­nat­ing from the premis­es, along with lots of flies.

He looked through an open win­dow and saw Roach's de­com­pos­ing body on the floor of the liv­ing room.

Roach's broth­er Neil, 54, told po­lice he last saw his broth­er alive at about 11 am last Sun­day (Jan­u­ary 7, 2024).

An au­top­sy is ex­pect­ed to be con­duct­ed at the Foren­sics Sci­ence Cen­tre to de­ter­mine the ac­tu­al cause of death.

Pre­lim­i­nary en­quiries re­vealed no signs of a strug­gle or foul play.

In­ves­ti­ga­tions are on­go­ing.