Toa Baja man’s body found in garbage can

By The Star Staff

Officers from the Homicide Division of the Bayamón Criminal Investigation Corps (CIC) were investigating a suspicious death on Tuesday morning on Parque 2 Street in Toa Baja’s Sabana Seca sector where a man’s body was found inside a garbage can.

According to the police, when they arrived at the scene, they found the body of the man who was identified by relatives as Juan Bautista Remigio García, 60, a resident of Toa Baja, with no vital signs.

Upon its discovery the body did not show signs of violence, and was to be sent to the Institute of Forensic Sciences for examination and to determine the cause of death.

Officer Jonathan Ortega of the Levittown Precinct, along with officer Iván Santiago and the prosecutor on duty, took charge of the investigation.