Detectives from the Negril CIB in Westmoreland have launched investigations into the stabbing death of 55-year-old Buckston Harrison of Namprel Road, Sheffield, whose body was found at his home yesterday afternoon.

Reports are that about 12:30 p.m., Harrison's body was discovered in his house by a friend who called the police. The officers who went to the location saw the body with stab wounds. It was removed to the morgue following the processing of the scene by detectives.

Buckston, a herbalist, was a contributor to a local newspaper.

Investigators say Harrison's house was ransacked and his Toyota Hiace bus stolen.

Investigations continue.