A 69-year-old man, identified as Pius Arnaud, was found dead in Valencia yesterday.
The man’s body was found around 4:40pm, along Baptiste Street in Valencia.
People in the area detected a foul smell and while investigating, found Arnaud lying on a mattress in the room of a building located off the roadway.
He was not wearing any clothes.
They also observed wounds to the back of his head.
The police were notified and a team of officers from the eastern Division as well as the Homicide Bureau responded.
A post mortem has been ordered to determine the cause of death.