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Insp. Fitzroy Yearwood - Public Relation Officer
"It's really early into an investigation. We do expect foul play. We know that a hispanic male was found not too far from here near the beach side. He had injuries to the head - chop wounds to the left arm. We believe that he has been out here for a while because the body has been swollen a little. The investigators are still here trying to gather evidence from the scene. As soon as we have more information we will share that with you. We know that this person is well-known in the neighborhood, because speaking to the residents of this are, they say that they see him quite often in this area doing fishing."

Reporter
"A part from him being regular in this neighborhood, has anyone filed a missing person report pertaining to his not been seen for the past few hours or so?"

Insp. Fitzroy Yearwood - Public Relation Officer
"Well actually I know that his relatives have been informed of his discovery. I know that the police got knowledge of this sometime before 5 this evening. I was immediately contacted by our control room and I have been out here since then. We know that there was no formal missing person report, but we can only say what we know. It's a difficult scene to get to and our officers are trying their best in adverse conditions for us to get out of here and see our investigation can begin."

Right now, the police have engaged the coast Guard to get to the location because it is too remote to reach on foot and night has fallen. So far, information suggests that the elderly genetleman was known to fish in that area. No one knows why he would have been killed, and his wounds appear to be defensive - especially a chop across the hand. There is an apparent chop to the head. His body appears to have been there for some time and it is already in an advanced state of decomposition. A post mortem will have to be conducted on site.