67-year-old Jesus P. Rios, who was last seen on February 5, was found dead on Saipan across Happy Market Store in As Lito in a residential compound.

According to Assistant Chief of Police Simon Manacop, authorities received a call Saturday morning after a resident found a body.

“Preliminary investigations reveal that a witness who resides in the compound, was mowing grass when he smelled the odor of what he initially thought was that of a decomposing dead animal. Witness decides to check on the two goats that belong to the family when he discovered a dead person, at a state of decomposition. DPS was then notified of the discovery,” a Department of Public Safety press release stated.

As KUAM News reported, authorities say that Rios was last seen by a family member on February 5 around noon before he went outside his Finasisu home along Feddos Lane to smoke a cigarette.

This case remains under investigation. 

This is a developing story.