The Tribune

By SANCHESKA BROWN

Tribune Staff Reporter

Sbrown@tribunemedia.net

THE partially decomposed body of a woman in her early 20s was found in a lake off Coral Harbour yesterday afternoon.

This latest death takes the country’s homicide count to 59, according to The Tribune’s records.

According to officer-in-charge of the Central Detective Unit, Chief Superintendent Paul Rolle, the victim was discovered in a body of water through a dirt road, about a mile off the Airport Road, by a man hunting birds.

Police said the woman was found around 10.30am, submerged in shallow waters.

“We have officers investigating the death of a female found in one of the lakes here in the Coral Harbour bushes, the area where BEC does a lot of their transmission lines,” he told reporters at the scene. “A local hunter made the discovery when he went to check the pond looking for birds, that is when he came across the body.

“It appears that the victim was in the water for at least a day or two. The fish in the pond started to pick away at her face. She only sustained injuries to the upper body, primarily her face where there is apparent blunt force injury. It appears she was beaten with a blunt object. She was found fully clothed, wearing a blue jeans skirt, slippers and a floral (printed) shirt,” he added.

Police have not officially identified the victim, but Chief Supt Rolle said a 24-year-old woman was reported missing by her family on Thursday. Police suspect this woman is the victim found yesterday.

Up to press time, police had no motive or suspects in custody.

This comes days after a man was shot dead while walking on Bias Street, off Baillou Hill Road. The victim was walking when a man with a firearm approached him and shot him multiple times about the body before fleeing on foot.

The victim was pronounced dead at the scene.

That incident happened shortly before 11 o‘clock last Thursday night, police reported.

The Tribune understands the victim is 21-year-old Marco Newbold, also known as “Mo”, who was on bail for armed robbery and scheduled to face trial in July.

Meanwhile, police have officially identified the man stabbed to death at Potters Cay Dock last Tuesday as 34-year-old Von Hending, of Balls Alley.

Anyone with information on these incidents is asked to contact police at 911 or 919, the Central Detective Unit at 502-9991 or Crime Stoppers anonymously at 328-TIPS.