Decomposing body confirmed as that of missing man

Sascha Wil­son

Rel­a­tives of 23-year-old Ronald Ram­lo­gan have con­firmed that his de­com­pos­ing body was found in the Heights of Gua­napo on Wednes­day.

Fam­i­ly mem­bers went to the Foren­sic Sci­ence Cen­tre in St James yes­ter­day, where they iden­ti­fied his body.

Po­lice be­lieve he was mur­dered else­where and his body dumped in that area.

Mem­bers of the Sham­sudeen Ayube-led Hunters Search and Res­cue Team found the body around 8.35 pm in the Heights of Gua­napo. The clothes matched what Ram­lo­gan was wear­ing when he left home.

Ram­lo­gan, of St Mary’s Vil­lage, Moru­ga, was last seen by his rel­a­tives on Jan­u­ary 2. He told them he was go­ing to a beach near the Moru­ga Po­lice Sta­tion. Rel­a­tives said he was with a rel­a­tive of Shum­ba James, who was killed by the po­lice last year. How­ev­er, they were told that Ram­lo­gan dropped off in Princes Town.

Of­fi­cers of the Hom­cide Bu­reau Re­gion II are in­ves­ti­gat­ing.