DNA tests to identify homeless man!!!

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Trinidad - A pathologist from the Forensic Science Centre is expected to do DNA tests on the skeleton which was found scattered inside a storeroom of an abandoned Princes Town gas station on Saturday. Crimefighters, led by Sgt Don Gajadhar, are expected to go to the Forensic Science Centre this morning, where attempts will be made to extract samples from the bones to do DNA tests. Officers also said that attempts will also be made to identify the remains using dental records.

Investigators believe the man may have died more than a year ago. However, detectives said it was unclear whether the remains were dumped inside the gas station, or whether the man had died inside the room. The building where the remains were found, has been unoccupied for years. It was once used by employees of Moonan’s Gas Station, to house tyres and other supplies. On Saturday around 6 am, iguana hunter Lennox Charles said he was chasing lizards close to the dilapidated structure when he saw the bones. The skull had a tooth on the upper left side, and another tooth on bottom jaw of the right side. A greyish, blue-beaded necklace was found close to the skull.

Investigators said the man might have been a street dweller. Other street dwellers, however, told police that they were not missing any of their friends and they had no idea who the bones belonged to. Officers said they were forced to break down some burglar-proofing to gain access to the room. The remains were viewed by a District Medical Officer who ordered them removed to the Forensic Science Centre. Investigations are continuing.

Now what a waste of money this will be! Unless the Police and Forensic Science Centre have a comparison sample of “Missing Homeless Man” they are not going to achieve anything at all other than wasting money they claim they don’t have in the first place!

And I have to laugh at the news reporters use of “Crimefighters” What a laugh!!!

By the way this is reported in the Trinidad Guardian Newspaper here