The de­com­pos­ing body found un­der a man­go tree in the Botan­ic Gar­dens, Port-of-Spain, yes­ter­day morn­ing, is yet to be iden­ti­fied.

The body of an East-In­di­an man was dis­cov­ered around 9.30 am by a jog­ger who wan­dered off the paved path to in­ves­ti­gate a foul stench in an area on the west­ern side of the Pres­i­dent’s House.

The jog­ger, who lives at Mt Holo­lo Road, St Anns, told po­lice he vis­its the Botan­ic Gar­dens reg­u­lar­ly.

Po­lice said the vic­tim, who was bare­foot and dark brown in com­plex­ion, ap­peared to be in his 60s. He was dressed in a black jer­sey and black pants. A shop­ping bag was found near­by, along with an um­brel­la, sev­er­al items of cloth­ing and a tow­el.

Po­lice of­fi­cers be­lieve the man had been liv­ing in the park, but foul play has not been ruled out pend­ing au­top­sy re­sults.