The de­com­pos­ing body of a pen­sion­er was found on Sun­day morn­ing near the Diego Mar­tin Bor­ough Ad­min­is­tra­tion Build­ing at Ken Val­ley Dri­ve, West Vale, Diego Mar­tin.

Po­lice re­port­ed that around 10.07 am a se­cu­ri­ty guard re­port­ed that she was told by a pass­er-by that there was a stench com­ing from the back of the build­ing. When she checked, she found the body of Loren­zo Hus­bands, 73, face down in­side a wa­ter waste ex­it drain that leads to a ravine out­side of the com­pound.

The body was or­dered to be trans­ferred to the Foren­sic Sci­ences Cen­tre for an au­top­sy on Tues­day.