Maho:--- The body of a man of Africa decent was found in the area of the old convention center in Mullet Bay on Monday. Prosecutor Rienk Mud said the dead man is unknown to police and they are calling on the community to come forward if they know of anyone that went missing.Mud said the man was killed by someone and his death is not accidental neither did the man died of natural causes. With the recovery of the dead man the police is now investigating the third murder for the year 2010.
They are Christian Lloyd, Angela Georges and the unknown victim discovered on Monday. Police already had some ten murder cases that were under investigation from previous years and is still unsolved. Some of the recent cases include, David Eustace, Priest, Yuan Sam from Afoo group, and Haresh Dayalani who was killed in front of his Cole Bay home last year.
According to reports reaching SMN News the man was found shirtless lying on his back with visible marks of violence about his body. According to reliably information, the victim died from severe wounds to his head.
It is not clear if the victim of the latest homicide is residing on St. Maarten or if he was visiting the island.
A press release from police spokesman Ricardo Henson states that police was called just around midday informing them of the dead body that was located in the Mullet Bay Area.
Henson said several police patrol and members of the detective department were sent to the scene to investigate the gruesome discovery. Henson said on the scene police found a man of dark complexion, lying on his back in the open space where used to be the Mullet Bay Convention Center. Henson said the man bled from several wounds that was on his head and body. Already police has determined the case as a criminal investigation in their preliminary reports. Police is yet to identify the man as well as the cause of death.
Henson said the police department is calling on the community to identify the now dead man whom he said is about 5feet 9inches tall, dark complexion, strong posture, and he is either in his late twenties or early thirties. The victim head is shaven bald, and he has no facial hair. At the time of the discovery he was in shorts and no shirt. The victim he said has two tattoos on his left shoulder, one bearing the name Mikaila Paula, or Zoila and or Rolia. The other tattoo is two hands comming together in prayer.
The Police Department is asking anyone of the general public or a family member who may recognize this person based on description that is given to contact the Detective Department on the Phone number 54-22222 ext. 222/224/225 or they can also call 911 to give information to be able to establish the identity of the victim. Also the Police Department is asking the general public who may have any information with regard to this criminal act to also give the Detective Department a call and pass on this information.
