Elderly man’s body found at Brazil Village home

SHANE SU­PERVILLE

Se­nior Re­porter

The de­com­pos­ing body of 74-year-old Sel­wyn Berkley was found at his home in Brazil Vil­lage just be­fore mid­day on Sat­ur­day, po­lice said.

Po­lice said one of Berkley’s neigh­bours on Back Street went to check on him at his home at around 11.45 am, ex­plain­ing that he had not seen him since Sep­tem­ber 9th.

On reach­ing his house, he de­tect­ed a foul stench em­a­nat­ing from in­side and called the po­lice.

Of­fi­cers of the North­ern Di­vi­sion North vis­it­ed the scene and en­tered the home where they found Berkley's de­com­pos­ing body in a bed­room.

A dis­trict med­ical of­fi­cer was called in who found no signs of vi­o­lence on Berkley's body.

A fu­ner­al home was called in and took Berkley's body to their of­fice for stor­age un­til an au­top­sy could be con­duct­ed at the Foren­sic Sci­ence Cen­tre, St James, this week.