Trini boy dead in basement dustbin

So when crime scene investigators finish their extensive probe and the police tape surrounding the yard comes down, the family will pick up its possessions and move out of the Coady Avenue residence. "They’re too upset to come back," said neighbour Louise Cole.

"They’re moving to Scarborough," said Jermaine, a friend of Jamie’s 18-year-old brother Abel, who didn’t want his last name used. "He (Abel) doesn’t want to go back." It was Abel who found his brother’s body in what he called "a bin" in the basement about 3 am on Friday, said Cole.

Abel said he noticed the laundry drum while the family was searching for Jamie and he "gave it a kick and opened the lid and there was his brother."

"There was foam coming out of his mouth," Cole said Abel told his family. The round container "the kind used to make wine" has a snap-on lid and holds 45 gallons, a source said.

The container was in the middle of the basement of the east-end home, a source said. It was the second time police had been called to the home that night, said Cole.

After she got home from her night-shift job, mother Karen Chavez called police about 1.30 am to report her youngest son missing, Cole said. Police searched the area but found no trace, she said.