ELIZ­A­BETH GON­ZA­LES

GML Cor­re­spon­dent

The au­top­sy on the par­tial­ly de­com­posed body found on a Scar­bor­ough beach ap­prox­i­mate­ly two weeks ago, has re­turned in­con­clu­sive re­sults.

Po­lice say the body was too bad­ly de­com­posed to de­ter­mine the cause of death or con­firm the man’s iden­ti­ty.

The dis­cov­ery was made around 2:15 pm on Ju­ly 8, along the shore­line near Cas­tries Street. Of­fi­cers on pa­trol spot­ted the body ly­ing among sea­weed and called for sup­port.

The man’s face was un­recog­nis­able, and of­fi­cers could not de­ter­mine his eth­nic­i­ty. The Dis­trict Med­ical Of­fi­cer (DMO) vis­it­ed the scene and of­fi­cial­ly pro­nounced the man dead at 4:43 pm. The body was lat­er tak­en to the Scar­bor­ough Gen­er­al Hos­pi­tal Mor­tu­ary.

Speak­ing with Guardian Me­dia this morn­ing, Snr Supt Earl Elie said the au­top­sy was com­plet­ed last week but yield­ed no fur­ther in­for­ma­tion.

He con­firmed that po­lice have not re­ceived any miss­ing per­son re­ports in To­ba­go that may be linked to the case.

“The body was un­able to get iden­ti­fied based on the ad­vanced state of de­com­po­si­tion,” he said. “So, in­quiries are con­tin­u­ing.”

Po­lice are now hop­ing some­one comes for­ward to iden­ti­fy the man or pro­vide in­for­ma­tion that could as­sist the in­ves­ti­ga­tion.

Any­one with in­for­ma­tion is asked to con­tact the Scar­bor­ough Po­lice Sta­tion or the near­est po­lice post.

In­ves­ti­ga­tions are on­go­ing.