The New Market Police are investigating the death of an elderly man in Ginger Hill, New Market in St. Elizabeth Sunday morning.
The elderly man has been identified as 84-year-old Vernal Robinson of Ginger Hill.
The police report that relatives of Mr. Robinson, who is said to be of unsound mind, launched a search for him after not seeing him for some time.
They found his body floating in a stream a few metres away from his home.
The police were summoned, the scene processed and the body removed.