In a statement, the V.I. Police Department said it’s investigating the death of a man found in the early morning Friday near the fence line of Luis Hospital.
According to police, the 911 Emergency Call Center was notified at approximately 7:28 a.m. Detectives arrived and made contact with the hospital’s law enforcement officer. That officer said a nurse was walking behind the hospital fence when they saw a patient behind the generator room who did not look well. When the hospital officer investigated, they found the man to be unresponsive.
A doctor responded to the scene and declared the man dead at 7:30 a.m.
According to VIPD, the man had arrived at Luis Hospital via ambulance and was registered at 12:32 p.m. When he was called — after 6 p.m. — he was no longer in the waiting room.
The deceased’s identity is being held pending notification of his next of kin, and the matter is under investigation pending medical examiners’ findings by the Criminal Investigation Bureau and Major Crimes Unit.
