An­na-Lisa Paul

Se­nior Re­porter

an­na-lisa.paul@guardian.co.tt

The po­lice are seek­ing the pub­lic’s help in iden­ti­fy­ing a man whose body was re­cov­ered from the Paria Bay Wa­ter­fall in Blan­chisseuse yes­ter­day.

The nude and bloat­ed corpse was first sight­ed on Sun­day, but due to the fad­ing light, po­lice were un­able to com­mence re­cov­ery ef­forts un­til yes­ter­day morn­ing. A large search par­ty, com­prised of po­lice of­fi­cers from the Blan­chisseuse Po­lice Sta­tion; the T&T Coast Guard; and fire of­fi­cers from the San­ta Cruz Fire Sta­tion Search and Res­cue Team, set off around 9 am, and re­turned around 5 pm with the de­com­pos­ing body in tow.

Guardian Me­dia was told the body of the vic­tim, who had a ras­ta hair­style, bore what ap­peared to be chop wounds to the neck.

Of­fi­cials es­ti­mat­ed the vic­tim would not have been in the wa­ter for more than five days.

The Dis­trict Med­ical Of­fi­cer vis­it­ed the scene and or­dered the body re­moved to the Foren­sic Sci­ence Cen­tre, St James.