Police identify body found inside Collymore Rock building

Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the discovery of a man’s body inside a locked building at Upper Collymore Rock on Monday morning.

The deceased was later identified as Denis Cox, 68, of Paddock Road, St Michael. 

In a statement released by police, the Operations Control centre received a report of an “unnatural death” at about 8.59 am. 

Preliminary investigations indicate that a female employee of a business arrived for work and, on looking through the locked glass doors, saw her male colleague lying motionless inside the building. 

Emergency services were immediately summoned, and firefighters gained entry.  

Paramedics examined the man but found no signs of life, and a medical doctor later pronounced him dead.

Police are appealing to anyone with information that could assist in the investigation to contact the Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-8477, Police Emergency at 211, or the Hastings/Worthing Police Station at 430-7614 or 430-7615. (SB)