{"id":304229,"date":"2023-06-19T16:46:12","date_gmt":"2023-06-19T20:46:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/?p=304229"},"modified":"2023-06-19T19:01:02","modified_gmt":"2023-06-19T23:01:02","slug":"partially-decomposed-body-of-dominican-found-in-vehicle-in-st-vincent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/death\/partially-decomposed-body-of-dominican-found-in-vehicle-in-st-vincent\/","title":{"rendered":"Partially decomposed body of Dominican found in vehicle in St Vincent"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_304230\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-304230\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-304230\" src=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Screenshot-from-2023-06-19-15-24-12-642x414.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"413\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-304230\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gregory Linton<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The partially decomposed body of a Dominican was found in a vehicle in St Vincent on Monday morning, media reports for that island have indicated.<\/p>\n<p>According to the St Vincent Times, the Dominican has been identified as Gregory Linton, a Caribbean Agricultural Research and Development Institute (CARDI) representative on the island.<\/p>\n<p>The news organization reported on Monday that Linton&#8217;s body was discovered around 2:00 a.m. in the vehicle which was parked near the Kingston Preparatory School.<\/p>\n<p>According to sources, based on the appearance of the body, Linton could have been in the vehicle since Friday.<\/p>\n<p>The cause of death is unknown but the St Vincent Times said sources revealed that &#8220;there appeared to be a large bloodshot on the right side of the head.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>On its website, CARDI described Linton as a Crop Protection Specialist.<\/p>\n<p>He has also worked as a CARDI Research Assistant for Black Sigatoka Disease Management.<\/p>\n<p>In 2016, he assisted in helping Dominica harvest types of banana and plantain, which are tolerant to the Black Sigatoka disease.<\/p>\n<p>The St Vincent Times reported that Linton had been CARDI&#8217;s representative in St Vincent since 2017.<\/p>\n<p>CARDI was established in 1975 by the Heads of Governments of CARICOM\u00a0 &#8220;to serve the agricultural research and development needs of the 12 Member Countries within CARICOM.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The organization has offices around the Caribbean, including Dominica, and its headquarters are located at the University of the West Indies at St. Augustine in Trinidad and Tobago.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The partially decomposed body of a Dominican was found in a vehicle in St Vincent on Monday morning, media reports for that island have indicated. 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