Two bodies found in separate locations
Published:Friday | April 8, 2022 | 12:10 AMAndre Williams/Staff Reporter
Up to press time last evening, scene-of-crime investigators were combing a section of Zambia in Central Village, St Catherine, where residents had discovered human remains spread across three properties, some wrapped in plastic.
Yesterday, turkey vultures encircled the area as dogs ran around, eating flesh from what appeared to be human bones, arousing the suspicion of the residents, who summoned the police about 4:40 p.m.
Some told The Gleaner they had been bothered by a mystery odour for the past two days.
“The thing smell so bad, mi nuh come out a mi house yesterday. No, man. Mi can’t believe a body parts deh right there so and mi live here so,” one resident said, covering her nose.
With every gust of wind, the at-times unbearable stench choked the atmosphere as curious residents converged on a spot, which was used as a dump, looking at what appeared to be human bones.
The Gleaner was directed to another residence, where dogs had reportedly taken a limb.
The greater portion of the decomposing remains was found heavily wrapped in plastic in an abandoned lot, near a sign that said ‘Welcome to Zambia’.
A senior officer at the scene was astonished at the lengths to which the perpetrators had gone to conceal the body.
Investigators believe the victim was killed elsewhere and the body dumped at the Zambia Road location.
The body was removed by Archer’s Funeral Home.
The gruesome discovery was the second for the day across two police divisions.
About 9:30 a.m., investigators were called to the coastline near Michael Manley Boulevard in Kingston, where the body of a male had been fished from the sea by the Coast Guard.
It was wrapped in sheet with duct tape around the face.
A rope was also tied to the unidentified body.
Investigations into both discoveries are ongoing.