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Decomposing body of 'Bad Bush' found with gunshot wounds in ditch in Manchester

Published:Monday | September 8, 2025 | 2:14 PM
File photo.
File photo.

The decomposing body of a man with gunshot wounds was found in a ditch along a road in Ramble, Manchester on Sunday.

He has been identified as 33-year-old Oraine Kesley, otherwise called 'Bad Bush', of Good Hope in the parish.

Police report that passers-by stumbled upon the body at around 11:40 a.m. and alerted the authorities.

A police team was dispatched to the scene.

The area was processed, and the body was removed to the Mandeville Regional Hospital.

No motive has yet been established in the matter.

The Mandeville Criminal Investigation Branch is probing the case.

- Rasbert Turner

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