Police still to identify decomposing body of woman found on beach

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Police still to identify decomposing body of woman found on beach

Police investigators are conducting inquiries into the discovery of the decomposing body of a woman who is yet to be identified on a beach in Chatham on Friday.

According to police reports the body was discovered by a resident walking on the beach off Food Crop Beach Road and the face appeared to be buried in the sand.

Point Fortin and South-Western Division Task Force officers responded and observed the body face down in the sand.

The upper body was clad in black brassiere and a black cloth covering the back and the legs were crossed.

A district medical officer examined the body and ordered it removed to a funeral home pending a post-mortem at the Forensic Science Centre in St James.