{"id":242544,"date":"2020-01-09T11:20:48","date_gmt":"2020-01-09T15:20:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/?p=242544"},"modified":"2020-01-17T14:14:21","modified_gmt":"2020-01-17T18:14:21","slug":"police-investigate-death-of-portsmouth-man","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/homepage-carousel\/police-investigate-death-of-portsmouth-man\/","title":{"rendered":"Police investigate death of Portsmouth man"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_242546\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-242546\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-242546\" src=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Brent-Bique-642x398.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"397\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Brent-Bique-642x398.jpeg 642w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Brent-Bique-300x186.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Brent-Bique-640x396.jpeg 640w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Brent-Bique.jpeg 767w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-242546\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Brent Bique<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Police are investigating the death of a Portsmouth man who was found dead in that community on Wednesday, January 8, 2020.<\/p>\n<p>It is unclear what killed Brent Bique, but speculation is high that he could have died from a blow that he received to the head during an altercation with another individual on Tuesday 7th January 2020.<\/p>\n<p>Dominica News Online (DNO) understands that Bique was well known for washing buses in the community.<\/p>\n<p>No arrest has been made.<\/p>\n<p>DNO will follow this story and provide further information as soon as it is made available.<\/p>\n<p>The video below shows Bique after he was struck on the head.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 480px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-242544-1\" width=\"480\" height=\"848\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/WhatsApp-Video-2020-01-09-at-11.06.39-AM.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/WhatsApp-Video-2020-01-09-at-11.06.39-AM.mp4\">https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/WhatsApp-Video-2020-01-09-at-11.06.39-AM.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Police are investigating the death of a Portsmouth man who was found dead in that community on Wednesday, January 8, 2020. 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