Crime Scene Investigators and undertakers attached to the Southern Division are in Santa Flora, where the body of a woman was discovered in a shallow grave by a hunter around 11 am today.
Police believe the body belongs to 26-year-old missing Penal woman Nadia Simms, who has been missing since Tuesday, after she left to meet a man who promised to help her with employment.
The clothing on the body matches what Simms was said to be wearing when she disappeared.
The body was located down an incline, behind a patch of bamboo stalks off of the Petrotrin Field Road.
At around 5 am Tuesday, officers of the anti-Kidnapping Squad went to a house where the suspect in Simms' disappearance had spent the night after she went missing.
The house was located less than a half mile away from where the body was discovered.
The suspect from Siparia who was detained for questioning in connection with her disappeared remains in custody .
Simms left home around 7.30 am on Saturday and told her mother she was going to meet the suspect, who had promised to help her get employment at the Water and Sewerage Authority's (WASA) facility in Santa Flora.
However, relatives said WASA only has a tank in that area and the suspect's relatives said he is not employed.
Video footage from the Giant Panda Restaurant and Bar on the Penal Rock Road showed that Simms and the man were there up to 1 pm and left together.
Several witnesses also confirmed seeing the two of them walking away from the restaurant. Other witnesses said Simms and the suspect were seen at another Penal bar called The View, as well as a recreation club in the area.
Simms' aunt, Jenifer Hamid, said she and other relatives went to the home of the suspect and spoke with his mother who confirmed that the two were at her home on Saturday and left around 8 pm.
The suspect's mother told relatives Simms was hungry and ate food there before they left.
Hamid said they repeatedly called Simms' phone but all their calls went to voice mail. She said family members continue to pray and hope for the best.