POLICE investigators were yesterday trying to ascertain the identity of a male body which was found in a pit at the back of the Norman Manley High School in Kingston.

These cops and a member of the public at the Norman Manley High School peer into a sewage pit containing the decomposing body of a man, which was found in the pit at the back of the school yesterday. (Photo: Garfield Robinson)

Workers from a cesspool cleaning company who had gone to the school to clear a sewage pit made the gruesome discovery as they were about to start working.

The body was badly decomposed and it appeared as if the hands and feet were bound and the mouth gagged.

Due to the advanced state of decomposition, it was not immediately clear if the body had any wound. The body was lying face down in the repugnant smelling fluid which filled the pit.

"From the look of things it seems as if the body was dumped some time ago," the police corporal told the Observer.

The find was made during school hours, but classes were not affected.

Yesterday, several members of staff at the school and some students took time out to peer inside the pit and catch a glimpse of the macabre sight.

"Lord that was an awful sight, my stomach is upset and I think I am going to stop eating meat," one female member of staff said after looking at the rotting remains.

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