{"id":67495,"date":"2012-07-04T10:10:21","date_gmt":"2012-07-04T14:10:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/?p=67495"},"modified":"2012-07-05T10:49:20","modified_gmt":"2012-07-05T14:49:20","slug":"update-decomposing-body-of-senior-citizen-found-in-la-plaine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/news\/crime-court-law\/update-decomposing-body-of-senior-citizen-found-in-la-plaine\/","title":{"rendered":"UPDATE: Decomposing body of senior citizen found in La Plaine"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_67598\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-67598\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-67598\" title=\"bruney\" src=\"http:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/bruney-300x239.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"239\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/bruney-300x239.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/bruney-642x511.jpg 642w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/bruney-150x119.jpg 150w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/bruney.jpg 723w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-67598\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">James Bruney<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The decomposing body of a senior citizen was found in La Plaine on Tuesday, the police have confirmed.<\/p>\n<p>He has been identified as 81-year-old James Bruney.<\/p>\n<p>Police PRO Inspector John Carbon said Bruney, who lived alone, was found around 10:00 am after neighbours became suspicious.<\/p>\n<p>It is reported that the senior citizen was last seen alive two days prior to the discovery of his body.<\/p>\n<p>The police said the body was in a mild state of decomposition and he was pronounced dead by the district medical officer.<\/p>\n<p>No foul play is suspected.<\/p>\n<p>A post-mortem and coroner&#8217;s inquest will be convened to determine the exact cause of death.<\/p>\n<div>Close relatives who told DNO that Bruney was an accountant by profession, said he was at one stage the acting manager of the then Dominica Banana Growers Association ((DBGA).<\/div>\n<p>Bruney is said to have played a role in changing the structure of the association to facilitate more involvement of local farmers in the organization.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The decomposing body of a senior citizen was found in La Plaine on Tuesday, the police have confirmed. 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