May 29, 2021
UPDATE: Body found in vehicle identified as police sergeant, gun missing
ST ELIZABETH, Jamaica — Police here have confirmed the identity of a decomposing body found in a vehicle in the community of Pepper near Goshen yesterday (Saturday) as that of a 50-year-old police officer.
Sergeant Lincent Smith, who was reportedly last seen by his common-law wife on Thursday leaving home in Manchester, was yesterday morning found slumped over in his Toyota Tacoma motor truck at Friendship District in Pepper.
The police were called to a remote area shortly after 9:00 am where Smith’s body was found with blood coming from the left ear and mouth. The body was in a partial state of decomposition.
The policeman’s firearm was not found at the scene.
A major probe is being conducted by the Area Three Major Investigation Division.
