ST MARY, Jamaica — The 43-year-old contractor whose body was found on Wednesday behind his house in a decomposing state in what appears to be a suspected suicide was wanted for questioning in connection with an alleged machete attack on his child’s mother, the police said.

Oneero Roberts, also known as “Anif” of Comsee district in Highgate, St Mary, was being sought following a domestic dispute in which he allegedly attacked the mother of his child with a machete after she reportedly ended their relationship.

Investigators said the woman’s mother intervened during the incident and was also injured.