The police in St. Catherine have launched an investigation following the discovery of the decomposing body of a woman in the parish in Wednesday.
Reports indicate that about 11 a.m. passersby in a section of Hartlands district stumbled on the body in bushes.
The police were summoned, and found the body in an advanced state of decomposition.
The woman was clad in black tights and a blouse.
The scene was processed and the body removed for official identification and a post mortem examination.