{"id":21718,"date":"2018-11-15T08:50:25","date_gmt":"2018-11-15T12:50:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=21718"},"modified":"2018-11-15T16:41:18","modified_gmt":"2018-11-15T20:41:18","slug":"body-found-in-st-maarten-is-antiguan-man","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/body-found-in-st-maarten-is-antiguan-man\/","title":{"rendered":"Bodies Of Two Antiguans Found In St Maarten Waters"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The bodies of two Antiguan men have been found floating in the waters off St. Maarten, sources on the island have said.<\/p>

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Yesterday, the police were busy pulling out another dead body at Lucas Bay Oyster Pond.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Antigua police are confirming that the bodies of Pedro Jerome Potter and Ozandee Benjamin are the men in question. Potter’s body was found at 9:30 am, whiles Benjamin’s was found later on Tuesday\u00a0evening<\/g>.<\/p>

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Colonel Sebastien Monzoni confirmed that a second body has been found and law enforcement officers are busy retrieving the corpse. <\/p>

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He said the body is that of a male probably of Caribbean<\/g> decent<\/g>. Our source later confirmed he is Antiguan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On Tuesday during the morning hours, Gendarmes fished out the lifeless body of an unknown male from Lucas Bay Oyster Pond. An investigation is currently underway.<\/p>

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More updates to come.<\/p>\n

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