Body of Male Found Decomposed East of Sharkey's Near Missing Man's Vehicle; Homeless Male Arrested For Stealing Bank Card of Missing Man

ST. CROIX — The body of a man has been found decomposed in bushes near a vehicle of a person the V.I. Police Department has reported as missing.

According to V.I.P.D. Public Information Officer Toby Derima, on Tuesday at 8:10 p.m., detectives first discovered the vehicle — parked on the roadside in Mount Welcome just east of Sharkey’s Bait Stand — owned by the person reported missing. While checking the surrounding area, detectives found the body of a Black male in advance stages of decomposition.