Almost 10 years after five bodies and two human skulls were discovered in a bushy area near the train line off Industrial Terrace, West Kingston, more human remains were found in the vicinity on Monday.

"A complete skeleton of a human body, three skulls and a quantity of human bones were found behind the May Pen Cemetery," Detective Inspector Clayton Ritchie told The Gleaner yesterday.

Mr. Ritchie, who is second in charge of the West Kingston CIB, said that forensic experts have so far confirmed that the human skeleton is that of a male, and the pathologist has determined that the person received a bullet wound.

Forensic experts are still processing the three skulls and human bones that were found at the scene. According to the police, preliminary investigations suggest that criminal elements have been using the area as an 'execution chamber'.

The police believe that the human remains, including the skeleton, could have been there for at least three months.

"The three skulls were clean, meaning that the bones were dry," said Det. Insp. Clayton Ritchie of the Denham Town Police Station." He noted that other things which could have been used as evidence might have been destroyed by the weather.

"We will be paying more attention to this area," said Superintendent Delroy Hewitt, head of the West Kingston Police Station.

Gruesome find

In September 1997, five bodies, including two headless corpses and two human skulls, were discovered by the police in bushes behind the Tivoli Gardens Comprehensive High School.

The bodies were found in four sealed barrels, about 200 metres west along the train line off Industrial Terrace. Two of the bodies were stuffed in one barrel, while one each was later detected in the other three barrels. The bodies were clad only in underwear. Four of them had their hands bound, the fifth was headless and minus his hands.