Relatives of the man found dead Monday behind Four Winds shopping center say he was Walter Prentice, 43, of Building 11, Apt. 195 Tutu Hi Rise—not a vagrant as was described in the release from Chief of Police Jose Garcia.
A family member, who spoke on condition of anonymity, told Radio One that after searching "high and low" Saturday for Prentice, he was reported missing to the police.
It is likely Prentice was hit over the head with a blunt instrument, transported to the spot where he was found and left there to die, sources said Wednesday.
Prentice was last seen Friday night when he had dinner with his mother.
Garcia said Wednesday afternoon he was waiting on an autopsy to find out the cause of death. But investigators have been gathering information and have received the same information as was reported to Radio One, he said.
"We can't say anything for sure until we get the results of the autopsy, though," Garcias said, although he did confirm the name and address of the dead man.

Acting Tourism Commissioner Michael Bornn has sent messages to leaders and officials of the Bahamas and Taiwan expressing encouragement and condolences.
Hurricane Floyd ran through the Bahamas last week, wreaking havoc on the islands close to Florida.
On Tuesday the strongest earthquake ever recorded in the country struck Taiwan, killing more than 1,800 people and leaving thousands more trapped in the rubble, missing or injured.
"As you know, the U.S. Virgin Islands has experienced and withstood several devastating storms in recent history. Through our experiences and knowledge of the strength of the people in the Bahamas, we know that your country will rebound quickly," Bornn wrote to the Bahamas' Prime Minister Hubert Alexander Ingrham and Minister of Tourism Vincent Vanderpool.
To Roberto Ming Cheng-Teh, the director general of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Coral Gables, Fla., Bornn wrote, "We offer our deepest sympathy to the families who lost loved ones in this disaster. As you desperately try to put the pieces together, I know the people of Taiwan have the courage and strength necessary to overcome the difficult circumstance resulting from this earthquake. Please remember that the thoughts and prayers of the people of the U.S. Virgin Islands will be with you in the upcoming months as you begin the arduous task of recovery."

In response to concerns expressed by Sen. Adelbert Bryan about "missing" information in the reorganization proposal submitted to the Legislature by Government House last week, the governor's chief of staff, Juel Molloy, said in a letter to Bryan on Tuesday that the only data due to the Legislature by Oct. 23 is the proposal to reorganize the executive branch.
Noting that this was provided "five weeks ahead of the deadline," she asked Bryan to let her know before her scheduled Sept. 30 appearance before the Finance Committee if anything was missing so she could get such information to senators beforehand.
In the letter, Molloy said it had been "an error of judgment to attempt to provide the Legislature with all of the other documents which were not required."
In a Sept. 17 letter to Finance Committee chair Lorraine Berry, Molloy acknowledged "omissions" in the documentation provided to the Legislature on Sept. 15 and pledged to provide complete data packages early this week.
The recently enacted law Molloy cited calls on the governor to propose the reorganization so as to promote government efficiency and productivity, reduce the work force through attrition, and reprogram resulting savings "to departments requiring increased appropriations and salaries in order to provide improved services."

Sen. Donald "Ducks" Cole has put the commissioner of Public Works, Harold G. Thompson, on notice that guard rails need to be installed on the notoriously dangerous "Donkey Hill" by Bolongo Bay.
In a letter to Thompson sent Monday Cole said he was aware of unused guard rails "wasting at an abandoned Public Works warehouse Sub Base."
"In order to avoid continued exposure to needless injury and suffering, I am recommending the immediate installation of these guardrails as protective barriers at Donkey Hill," Cole said.
Cole also raised the issue of the William G. Lewis Drive expansion project, also known as Lover's Lane, that has been stalled "for so long that memory cannot recall how long ago work was stopped."
In fact the work was stopped last year after the League of Women Voters and EAST filed an appeal with the Board of Land Use Appeals to stop work.
Land Use Appeals did not have quorum at the time and the matter is in limbo until Charles W. Turnbull sends his nominations for the board to the legislature and the nominees are confirmed.

Antonio Banderas in Norway leading the Norse to battle? That's a bit like sending George Bush to head up the Spanish Civil War, isn't it? Anyhow, that's what The 13th Warrior is all about.
In a land long ago there was a dashing Baghad nobleman Ibn Fadian, Banderas, natch, who, after a slight indiscretion with the wrong woman, is banished to the countryside.
He is appointed emissary to nowhere land. There he encounters a gang of nomads who throw him off course, way off course presumably, as he then meets a posse of unkempt, partying Norsemen with voracious appetites for the baser things in life.
After some bandying about with the Norsemen, an ancient seer appears on the scene and foretells of a mysterious bunch of nasty critters about to decimate a village back on the Viking's home turf.
After 12 of the Norsemen have volunteered to go defend the village, the seer declares a 13th is needed, not a Norseman. Yes, you guessed it.
Recalling his performance last year in mask of Zorro, the muscular Banderas is both reluctant hero but valiant warrior when recruited to go chase the hell raisers back in Viking-land. He trades cultural jabs with the Norsemen regarding their tastes in weapons and horses and the like, but they
bond anyhow.
Then the action starts, as this is, after all, an action movie, and there is enough sword rattling and clanking, blood and battles to satisfy the most avid adventure enthusiast as the assembled baker's dozen thwart the evil enemy.
Directed by John McTiernan, the film is based on a novel by Michael Crichton who gave us Jurassic Park and Sphere. McTiernan's credits include Predator and The Hunt for Red October. The movie is rated R "for bloody battles and carnage," (now, there's a rating), and opens Thursday at Caribbean Cinema's Market Square East.

Oscar Wilde lives! Things haven't changed that much from the 1890's to the 1990's, in the social fabric anyway. This fact is abundantly witnessed by the very well-received film adaptation of his romantic comedy of political ambition and sexual intrigue, The Ideal Husband.
The film stars Rupert Everett as Lord Goring, the dashing roue and party-goer known equally for his elegance, and his refusal to take anything seriously. That is, until he is called in to resolve a very delicate matter by his life-long friend Sir Robert Chiltern, played by Jeremy Northam, and Goring rises magnificently to the occasion.
Chiltern is a man who has everything the ideal husband of the charming lady Chiltern, played by Cate Blanchett, he is a brilliant politician and a perfect gentleman. Everything is ideal until a plotting adventuress, Mrs Chevely, cleverly played by Julianne Moore, threatens to reveal a dark secret from his past and blow the whole shooting match.
Goring gets all tangled up in a web of lies, temptations and trysts as only Wilde could create. The quite overwhelming charms of Chiltern's sister. Mable, played by the versatile Minnie Driver, (remember Grosse Point Blank?), complicate Goring's steadfast hold on his bachelorhood. Director Oliver Parker says he thinks the play "has terrific contemporary connections, even though it was written more than 100 years ago." Producer Uri Fruchtmann states it succinctly:
"All good plays are relevant because all good plays are about people. Fundamentally, people have not changed." This, of course, is something Wilde knew all along.
The film starts Thursday at Caribbean Cinema's Market Square East and is rated PG.

The St. Thomas-St. John Chamber of Commerce presents "Business After Hours" at Tillett Gardens on Thursday, Sept. 23, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. The co-host is Polli's Mexican Restaurant. There'll be a preview of the coming Arts Alive concert season, live music, complimentary finger food and the chamber's two-dollar bar, plus many of the shops and studios in the garden complex will be open for the evening.

Two more Cabinet nominees were given the go-ahead Tuesday by the Senate Rules Committee.
Michael Bornn, acting Tourism commissioner, and Frandelle Gerard, acting director of the Industrial Development Commission, will next face the full Senate for confirmation.
Bornn repeated his need for a minimum of $20 million to begin to advertise the territory. He said $12 million should come from the Tourism Revolving Fund, $3.5 million from the General Fund, $2.5 million from a tax on time-share sales and the balance from a tax on automatic teller transactions and some portion of money earned on casino gambling.
Bornn also said the community has to have a change of mind on issues such as entitlement and service.
"Service doesn't cost us anything," he said. "If we improve our service, we can mitigate a less-than-perfect infrastructure."
He cited the lack of education and the attitude that the government owed everyone a job as standing in the way of fostering an entrepreneurial spirit in Virgin Islanders.
Bornn also said St. Croix has to be put "back on the map," adding that when people think of the Virgin Islands they think of St. Thomas.
Bornn got votes of approval from Sens. Gregory Bennerson, Adlah "Foncie" Donastorg, V. Anne Golden, Judy Gomez, Almando "Rocky" Liburd and Vargrave Richards. Sen. Adelbert M. "Bert" Bryan was there but didn't vote.
Gerard, if approved by the Senate, will take a position that may disappear if the governor's reorganization plan goes forward as presented. The plan would fold the IDC into an umbrella organization called the Economic Development Authority, which would also include the Government Development Bank and the Small Business Administration.
Acting director of IDC since April, Gerard suggested three areas of possible short-term growth for the territory: development of light, non-polluting manufacturing; relocation of a financial services company to the Virgin Islands; and development of high-tech industries.
Gerard was approved by Bennerson, Golden, Liburd and Richards. Donastorg and Gomez were absent for the vote and Bryan abstained.

The first PTA meeting of the Peace Corps Elementary School will be held at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Sep. 22, at the conference room at Mahogany Run.
Parents are encouraged to come to meet their child's teacher and plan for the '99-2000 school year.

A Papaya Production Workshop will be conducted by Dr. Thomas Zimmerman from 2 to 4 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 3, and again from 7 to 9 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 6, at the UVI Research and Extension Center, room 133.
the workshop is intended for farmers and backyard gardeners interested in growing papayas.
For further information call Dr. Zimmerman at 692-4074.