St. Croix, USVI - On April 17, 2023, at approximately 4:29 p.m., the 911 Emergency Dispatch Center received a call requesting police at North Street, Christiansted to an unresponsive male individual. Upon police arrival it was observed the body of a male on the floor in a seated position with a cloth belt tight around his neck. The body was in an advance stage of decomposition.
The deceased was identified by a next of kin as 33-year-old, Ade E. Raphael.