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Minister of Social Development and Family Services Donna Cox is urging families to do their part in checking in on elderly relatives regularly to ensure their health and well-being.
Cox made the call after the decomposing bodies of three elderly men were found in their homes in separate incidents over the last two weeks.
Last Tuesday, police were called to different parts of La Canoa, Santa Cruz, where the decomposing bodies of two elderly men were discovered. In the first incident, 82-year-old Leroy James was found in the bed of his Saut D’Eau Road, home.
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