Police probing death of man found behind post office in St Mary
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The police in St Mary are probing the death of a man whose body was found behind the Highgate Post Office in Highgate.
He has been identified by the police as 36-year-old labourer Okelio Taylor, otherwise called 'Brown Man', of a Highgate address.
According to a police report, about 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, January 24, relatives were alerted that Taylor’s body had been seen behind the Highgate Post Office and went to investigate.
The police were summoned and, upon arrival, found the body of a man lying on his back with what appeared to be a wound to his head.
The body was removed to the Port Maria Hospital.
Investigators theorise that the murder may have occurred between Friday night and Saturday afternoon.
Investigations are ongoing.
Anyone with information about the incident is being asked to contact the Highgate police.
- Gareth Davis Snr
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