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Police confirm identity of man found dead in vehicle

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Police have identified the man found dead in a vehicle at the Usain Bolt Sports Complex car park in Lazaretto, St Michael, as 66-year-old Eric Joseph Butcher of Phillip Drive, Pine Garden, St Michael.

Operations Control received a report of an unnatural death around 11:16 a.m. on Sunday, January 25. Officers from the Black Rock Police Station responded and discovered Butcher sitting motionless inside a motor vehicle.

A medical doctor visited the scene, examined the body and pronounced death.

Investigations into the circumstances surrounding his death are ongoing.

Police are appealing to anyone with information that may assist in the investigation to contact Crime Stoppers at 1-800-8477, Police Emergency at 211, or the Black Rock Police Station at 417-7500 or 417-7505.

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