A MIDDLE-aged homeless woman died on the Brian Lara Promenade, Port of Spain yesterday and the police are now seeking the public's assistance in locating her relatives so that they could claim her.
Around 11 a.m. yesterday officers of the Central Police Station (CPS) received a call about a dead woman found obliquely opposite the offices of the Trinidad Express Newspapers.
They arrived on the scene and found the "Jane Doe," lying in a foetal position on the promenade near the corner of Charlotte Street and Independence Square.
Wearing a pink blouse and a dark blue denim skirt the woman appeared to have been dead for a few hours according to the police. There was a bit of liquid resembling blood near the body.
The heavily built woman was dark skinned and appeared to be in her mid-fifties to early sixties.
A number of investigators visited the scene where they gathered bits of evidence but up to press time last night they could not yet rule out foul play as an autopsy has not yet been done. The autopsy will only be done when a relative of this woman comes forward.
After being pronounced dead by a District Medical Officer the body was moved to the Port of Spain mortuary.
Anyone with information with regards to her name and last known address are asked to contact the CPS at 625-1261. â€â€ÂÂÂGG