Decomposing body found in Santa Cruz
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June 22, 2026

Decomposing body found in Santa Cruz

ST ELIZABETH, Jamaica — A decomposing body was found in bushes off Coke Drive in Santa Cruz on Sunday.

Preliminary reports are that about 9:00 am, farmers stumbled upon the body and alerted the police.

Detectives observed that the body was in an advanced stage of decomposition and believe it is that of a male.

This latest incident is the third discovery of a body in just over a week in St Elizabeth.

Last Thursday, residents stumbled on a torso in Aberdeen in northern St Elizabeth and on June 11, the body of missing pharmacy technician 40-year-old Kedecia McLeod was found in a cul-de-sac at Pepper also in the parish.

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