{"id":29948,"date":"2015-10-13T21:48:35","date_gmt":"2015-10-13T21:48:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/viconsortium.com\/?p=29948"},"modified":"2015-10-13T21:51:20","modified_gmt":"2015-10-13T21:51:20","slug":"homicide-bvi-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wp.viconsortium.com\/?p=29948","title":{"rendered":"Man Found Dead With Multiple Gunshot Wounds In BVI"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>TORTOLA &#8212; Law enforcement authorities here are probing the circumstances surrounding the discovery of a young man\u2019s body with bullet wounds Monday evening at Butu Mountain, Road Town, in what appears to be the territory&#8217;s first homicide of 2015.<\/p>\n<p>Reports say the body could have been in the house since last Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Residents smelt an odor coming from the house and when they checked, the young man\u2019s body with bullet wounds was found.<\/p>\n<p>He has been identified as Jason Leonard.<\/p>\n<p>Some posts on Facebook said he was a good person and are questioning why this happened. 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