Police have launched an investigation following the discovery of the decomposing body of a 30-year-old man in a dilapidated wooden structure in Mafeking Village, Mayaro.

The deceased has been identified as Jestom Pierre of No. 16 Inner Mafeking Road, Mayaro. His body was found around 4:50 p.m. on Tuesday, after police received a report of a suspected death at the residence.

Officers responding to the call were directed to a 20x30-foot upstairs plywood house at the end of a grassy track and came upon a disturbing scene, a male hand protruding through a hole in the wooden floor.