Police investigating after body found near Grove Place elementary school

John McCarthyPosted oninBreaking News, Crime News, Education News, Police News, St. Croix News

St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands – On Sunday, August 24, 2025at about 8:57 a.m., the 911
Emergency Call Center received a report from a concerned citizen who discovered a
decomposed body behind of the Eulalie Rivera PreK-8 School.

Detectives from the Criminal Investigation Bureau were assigned to investigate the matter.
Responding Detectives observed a severely decomposed body in the bushes south of the
school

Due to the severe stage of decomposition that the body was found, the identity of the
individual and cause of death is currently unknown. The results are pending an autopsy and
DNA testing to identify the body.

This is an active investigation. The Criminal Investigation Bureau urges anyone with any
information that can assist with this investigation, to call 911, the Criminal Investigation
Bureau at 340-778-2211 or Crime Stoppers VI at 1-800-222-8477 (TIPS)

John McCarthy

John F. McCarthy is a veteran journalist in the Caribbean, writing from the "Decision Space" where survival meets the surreal. His reporting steel was tempered by a lineage of legendary editors and broadcasters, including Ed Wynn Brant (The Bomb), Owen Eschenroder (Ann Arbor News), Lynelle Emanuel (BVI Beacon), and Charles Thanas (WSVI-TV). Alongside longtime colleague Kenneth C. "Casey" Clark, McCarthy has navigated the front lines of the territory’s history—from the 1997 volcanic "snow" to every major hurricane since Hugo. Known for leaning out of doorless helicopters to capture the "money shot," McCarthy now edits the V.I. Free Press, providing the essential link between the island's colonial past and its SpaceX future.