Sascha Wil­son

A de­com­pos­ing body be­lieved to be that of a street dweller was found down a precipice in San Fer­nan­do on Wednes­day.

Ini­tial re­ports stat­ed that around 3 pm the of­fi­cers of the South­ern Di­vi­sion Task Force were on pa­trol when they were alert­ed by a pass­er-by of a foul stench in the area of a bar­ri­cad­ed con­struc­tion site at the cor­ner of Keate and Gomez Streets, San Fer­nan­do near the old Na­tion­al cin­e­ma.

When the of­fi­cers in­ves­ti­gat­ed, they found a de­com­pos­ing body down a precipice. The body was of African de­scent, dark skin com­plex­ion, stock­i­ly built, ap­peared to be in his 50s and was dressed in a blue t-shirt and black long jeans which were pulled down to his knees.

The po­lice in­quiries re­vealed that the man was a known street dweller.

An au­top­sy will be done at the Foren­sic Sci­ence Cen­tre in Port of Spain. In­ves­ti­ga­tions are con­tin­u­ing.