Decomposing body of man found following house fire in Westmoreland
Published:Thursday | October 3, 2024 | 11:14 AM
The Westmoreland police are probing a case where a fire occurred at the home of a man whose body was found in a state of decomposition.
He is 50-year-old labourer Orville Rowe of Old School Road in Negril.
Reports are that about 12:40 a.m. today the local fire department responded to a blaze at a house.
The police were also called to the scene.
During a search of the premises, the decomposing body of Rowe was found on a bed on the first floor of his house.
The body was removed for storage and a post-mortem is to be conducted.
- Rasbert Turner
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