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Police identify man found dead on beach

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Police identified the body of a man discovered on Wednesday morning on a beach in the City.

Officers from Central Police Station received a report about 5:24 a.m. concerning the discovery of the body at the edge of the water on the beach behind Pirate’s Cove in Lower Bay Street.

Upon arrival on the scene, they found the body of Andrew Cumberbatch, 32, of Ellis Gap, Bush Hall Yard Gap, St Michael.

Police said the deceased man was identified by close family members and had been the the subject of a missing man report after he left the medical care of the Queen Elizabeth Hospital this past Sunday.

(AR)

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