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Suspicion surrounds body outside Brickdam Police Station
The relatives of a 65-year-old man are seeking explanations regarding his sudden death, especially after he was last seen in the custody of the police.
Rupert Stephens called ‘Hafar’
The nude body of Rupert Stephens, called ‘Hafar’, was discovered on Brickdam just opposite the Police Station around 09:00hrs on Monday.
While officials at the funeral parlour where the body was taken have indicated that it bore no visible marks of violence, relatives are still suspicious about the way the matter was handled.
In fact Stephens’s brother, Vinsley Greene, only learnt about Rupert’s death yesterday.
Greene told this newspaper that his brother would sometimes suffer a mental breakdown. He said that after learning about his death, he decided to carry out his own investigations.
Greene learnt that his brother, who is a frequent visitor to the Brickdam Cathedral, was seen at the place of worship late last week.
According to Greene, an official at the Cathedral said that Stephens was behaving in an erratic manner and someone called the police. Within minutes ranks arrived and took Stephens away.
“That was the last time they saw him alive,” Greene told this newspaper.
He said that the church official told him that he was surprised when he learnt that the body found opposite the station was that of Stephens.
What is more baffling is the fact that the police did not issue any statement regarding the discovery of the body, especially since they did not readily identify the person.
There is no indication that the dead man’s clothes were found near his body.
“The parlour said that there are no marks of violence, but it’s as if they (police) were covering up something,” Greene stated, adding that he is not casting blame on anyone.
When this newspaper contacted a senior official at the Brickdam Police Station yesterday, he said that he was aware of the discovery of the body, but he appeared to have little knowledge that Stephens was in the custody of the police, even though it might have been for a brief period.
He promised to investigate the matter.
A post mortem examination is expected to be performed on Stephens’ body tomorrow.
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