UPDATE: Foul play ruled out in Belle Vue body discovery
This was confirmed by Police Information Officer Diane Drayton who said that there was nothing suspicious regarding the death.
According to reports reaching our newsroom yesterday, neighbours smelled a foul odour coming from the apartment and sought to investigate.
It was when a child climbed over the railing that the elderly man was reportedly discovered in his bed covered in flies.
“I can just say clearly that there is nothing suspicious. We are treating it as a sudden death,” she said.
Sources close to the investigation have confirmed that it is a 71 year old man who had some medical issues. The sources confirmed too that relatives of the man have flown into the territory and are in contact with law enforcement authorities.
See previous article published May 29, 2016
Body of elderly man found @ Belle Vue
Police have been summoned to a residence in Belle Vue on the main island of Tortola where this news site has learnt that a body of an elderly male was discovered today May 29, 2016.
Persons on the ground said that the body was being removed earlier this morning.
According to reports reaching our newsroom, neighbours smelled a foul odour coming from the apartment.
It is said that a child climbed over the railing and reportedly saw the elderly man in his bed covered in flies.
The man is said to have lived at the entrance to Butu Mountain. When contacted Police Information Officer Diane Drayton confirmed that Police were at the scene of a sudden death in Belle Vue. However she had no further details.
We will bring you updates to this story when they become available.
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