WARWICK, R.I. -- Police have decided to postpone until Monday any announcement about a body found Saturday morning in a trash barrel covered with brush on a bike path in Warwick City Park.
"I cannot release the name of the victim until an identification has been made," Detective Capt. Robert Nelson said in an email Sunday afternoon. "That is scheduled to be done at the Medical Examiner's office on Monday morning. ... The investigation continues at this time."
The police said Saturday they are investigating the death of a white male in his 60s believed to be from Warwick.
Nelson said then that detectives think the murder took place in the park between late Thursday evening and Friday, and "know what caused his death."
Anyone with information is asked to contact Sgt. Mark Canning at (401) 468-4236 or to call an anonymous-tip line at (401) 732-8477.
The original version of this story was posted at 10:12 a.m.