The body of a 42-year-old man was found at his Handsome Bay home in Virgin Gorda Monday, under circumstances police are calling “suspicious and unexplained.”

Jerome Gurdayal, a Guyana national, was found Monday morning, according to Police Information Officer Diane Drayton. Ms. Drayton said she did not have details of who found the body or how it was discovered.

She added yesterday that officers had not ruled the death a homicide, and that no one has been arrested or charged in connection with the case.

Ms. Drayton also said that members of the Special Investigations Unit will assist VG police in their investigation. She declined to provide further details of the incident.

A police press release stated that the investigations will continue, with the Coroner’s Office, part of the Magistrates’ Court, making arrangements for a post-mortem examination.

 

The full article appears in the March 3, 2011 issue.