Homicide detectives are investigating the murder of a woman whose decomposing body was found stuffed in an oil drum in Curepe on Thursday.
According to the reports, the grisly discovery was made by St Joseph Police around 4.30 pm, when they responded to a report from a resident who complained of a stench in the area.
Police found the partially nude body of the woman hidden in a covered barrel that was left at the side of the road next to others used by residents to dispose of garbage.
Police said the woman’s cause of death could not be immediately determined as her body was in an advanced stage of decomposition.
The victim’s body was taken to the Forensic Science Centre in St James where an autopsy will be performed after she is identified.
No one has stepped foward to identify the body. Investigators were said to be checking their missing people database up to late yesterday in a bid to identify the victim.
Insp Siewdass and Sgt Katwaroo of the Northern Division led the group of officers who responded to the report.
Detectives from the Region Two Homicide Bureau are continuing investigations.