Dismembered body found floating in Chaguaramas waters

Police are trying to identify the body of a man found dismembered in the waters off Chaguaramas on Sunday.

Details were still sketchy up to press time, but police told Newsday reports of a severed leg being found in the water came to police at about 10.45 pm. Kayakers and beachgoers found the remains floating near the Kayak Centre.

Shortly afterwards, a severed head was found.

Police and Coast Guard officers responded to the report and found the dismembered body of a man. The body was taken to the Forensic Science Centre in St James, where an autopsy is expected to be done pending identification.