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Unidentified man's body found floating in Rio Cobre

Published:Wednesday | July 31, 2024 | 9:18 AM
The police are awaiting a post-mortem examination to determine the cause of death. - File photo

The Spanish Town police are trying to ascertain the identity of a man whose body was found floating in the Rio Cobre in St Catherine on Tuesday.

It is reported that the body was spotted by passersby about 4:00 p.m., in the vicinity of Dempshire Pen.

Police personnel from the Spanish Town Police Station went to the scene.

They say the partially nude body was clad in a white T-shirt.

Fire personnel were summoned and the body was removed to the Archer's Funeral Home.

The police are awaiting a post-mortem examination to determine the cause of death.

- Rasbert Turner

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