Police are investigating an unnatural death after the body of a man was discovered inside a business establishment along Upper Collymore Rock, St Michael, on Monday morning.
Officers at Operations Control received the report around 8:59 a.m. Initial investigations indicate that a female employee arrived for work and, upon looking through the locked glass doors, saw her male colleague lying motionless inside the secured building. Emergency services were contacted and personnel from the Barbados Fire Service forced entry.
Paramedics examined the man but found no signs of life. A medical doctor later visited the scene and pronounced death.
The deceased has been identified as Denis Cox, 68, of Paddock Road, St Michael.
Investigations are continuing. Police are appealing to anyone with information that may assist to contact Crime Stoppers at 1-800-8477, Police Emergency at 211, or the Hastings/Worthing Police Station at 430-7614 or 430-7615.
