Philipsburg:--- The body that was found on Saturday night by firefighters in Hope Estate is yet to be identified, confirmed Chief Prosecutor Hans Mos. Mos said he cannot say at this time if there will be any type of criminal investigation into the death of the unidentified male and the bush fire. The island's Chief Prosecutor said that the body that was found is badly burnt and he cannot say how the person died while the pathologist that has to examine the body and conduct an autopsy is not on St. Maarten.
Mos further explained that by the end of this week police would have more information on the horrific discovery by the firemen who were busy putting out the late night fire in the vicinity of the Marie Genevieve de Weever School.
On Sunday Police Spokesman Ricardo Henson said a report was filed with the police about a missing person but he could not say if the body that was found is the man that is reported missing.
According to well placed sources, a young man who is well known in the French Quarter community has been reported missing. A female relative of the missing man told SMN News yesterday that their relative is missing but he is not the one that was found dead in the fire in Hope Estate.
