Crime & Safety

Headless Corpse Found on Beach Linked to Rhode Island

A T-shirt with a logo of Windustrial, a company in Warwick, was found on the man's body.

Authorities said a headless corpse found on a Cape Cod beach this week may be linked to Rhode Island.

The body, which also had no arms or legs, was found on Town Neck Beach in Sandwich Wednesday, according to District Attorney Michael O'Keefe. The body was wrapped in a tarp.

Investigators determined the body was a black man who weighed about 220 pounds and stood 5 feet, 10 inches. He had a T-shirt with a logo of Windustrial, a company in Warwick.

Anyone with information on the case is asked to contact police at 508-790-5799.

Read: State Police press release


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