AN­NA-LISA PAUL

Se­nior Re­porter

The bul­let-rid­dled corpse of a Cunu­pia man, who was last seen alive on Tues­day, was dis­cov­ered in a pool of blood at his home on Wednes­day.

The vic­tim was iden­ti­fied as 50-year-old truck dri­ver Joseph Ja­son Ap­ping, of Jern­ing­ham Junc­tion Road, Cunu­pia.

He was found around 8:30 am by an of­fi­cial of JR Tire Ser­vices.

The busi­ness, which op­er­ates out of Joseph’s home, was al­so the same with which Joseph was em­ployed.

Re­ports in­di­cate the of­fi­cial ar­rived to work on Wednes­day and found Joseph dead on the floor.

He had been clad in a pair of black short pants. His body bore sev­er­al wounds.

Six spent shell cas­ings were re­cov­ered on the floor near Joseph’s body.

Res­i­dents re­port­ed hear­ing gun­shots in the area around 12:32 am on Wednes­day, but did not ven­ture out to check.