The decomposing body of a woman who is yet to be identified was found down a precipice in Maraval on Sunday 2nd April, 2023.
• At about 1:55pm, officers of the Maraval police station were on mobile patrol, when they received information about a body that was found in a precipice.
• WPC Baptiste-Williams and PC St. John responded to the report and proceeded to the location off the North Coast Road in Maraval near Fond Pois Doux Road.
• The Fire Services Search and Rescue Unit were also contacted and they went to the location where they retrieved the body from down the 50ft deep precipice.
• The victim was discovered wrapped inside two garbage bags which were secured with duct tape. The bags were then wrapped in a sheet which was also duct-taped and this sheet was covered with a comforter.
• The woman’s head was also wrapped in a plastic bag and there was an apparent wound to the left side.
• Her decomposed body was clad in a colourful sleeveless dress and a black bra and there were no tattoos on her body.
• The DMO visited the scene, viewed the body and ordered it removed to the Forensic Sciences Centre in St. James pending a post mortem examination to determine the cause of death.
• Officers of the Region 1 Homicide Bureau of Investigations and the Western Division are continuing the investigations.
