Jamaican man missing in the US since December found dead

The deceased has been identified as 63-year-old Errol Whyte, who works in the construction industry.

Whyte made a name for himself as a jeweller in the Clarendon capital of May Pen where he grew up before migrating to the United States some decades ago. 

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On December 31, the family of Whyte lodged a missing person report with the Stamford Police Department, two days after he visited his son in the neighbouring community of Bridgeport.

His red Ford Explorer was found abandoned on the soft shoulder of the southbound lane of the I-95, with his wallet, keys and cellphone inside the vehicle. However, there was no cash inside his wallet, neither his driver’s license.

As someone described as a person who is caring and of sound and sober mind, the disappearance of Whyte, left family members in the US and Jamaica distraught but clinging on to faint hope.

Three months since his disappearance which the police labeled as under “suspicious” circumstance, friends and relatives must now contend with the news they all feared the most.

About 11:35 am today, the Westport Police Department received a call from the property manager of an office complex in the Greens Farm Road area about a body floating in a retention pond about four feet deep.

This is about one mile from where Whyte’s van was found abandoned.

Westport Police Lt. Eric Woods, as cited by the Connecticut Post, said investigators will now await an autopsy report to determine the cause of death, as there was no evidence found at the scene to indicate that the body “was anywhere else” but inside the pond.