Unidentified body found off W. Hwy.

When News Five got word this morning of a dead body found off the Western Highway outside of Belize City, we immediately feared that another young girl had been murdered. That was not the case, however, as the corpse turned out to be a man. Sometime after 11:00 this morning, the police were called out to mile six on the Western Highway where in the bushes at the end of a feeder road, they found the remains of a dark complexioned male. Part of the decomposed body was buried under a crate and the police suspect the man may have been dead for the past four days. Because of the advanced state of the body, a post mortem examination was conducted on site. Dr. Mario Estradabran, Chief Police Pathologist would not comment on the examination and the police say they have no identity for the corpse and no information about the gruesome discovery other than the matter is under investigation.