The decomposing body of a 34-year-old Belmont man was found in Laventille yesterday morning.
Police said officers received a report of a body seen in a drain off Sogren Trace at 11 am and went to the scene.
A team of officers from the Besson Street CID and the Homicide Bureau of Investigations Region I later found the body of Kern Perpignac in the drain.
Fire officers were also called to assist in removing the body.
An autopsy is expected to be conducted at the Forensic Science Centre, St James, on Wednesday.