THE body of a Las Lomas man was found by police yesterday morning, 36 hours after he dialled 999 and told officers he was chopped in a cocoa field and needed help.Adrian Peter Duff, 35, told officers he was unable to get out of the field as he was severely injured. He directed the officers to a forested area off Esperanza Trace and gave them a number for one of his close friends.Then the call ended.Police say a search was mounted, involving officers and Duff’s friends and relatives.His burnt bicycle was found on Tuesday, and a trail of blood near a riverbank.Officers went into a forested area off Esperanza Trace yesterday and found Duff’s body.Police say a motive is yet to be determined.And relatives say they are shocked by the gruesome discovery and wanted a thorough investigation.A relative said Duff had no known enemies.The relative said they were now left confused as Duff was well-loved in the community.“He is a cool person, a lovable person. Nobody would have had reason to attack him or anything. He never spoke about anything threatening him or anything like that,” she said.Within the area, she said Duff was known as a very helpful person.“He was a labourer and he used to work for people, help them clean up, and he used to take pleasure in doing that. So, it is confusing that somebody did this,” she added.She shared that before Duff had made the call to 999, he had sent a call-me request to a relative, but by the time the relative had called him, the phone had already been switched off.During the search on Tuesday, after the team had found Duff’s bicycle and a trail of blood, she said she had lost hope.“When we saw blood and everything yesterday (Tuesday), I lost hope. But then this morning I told myself that won’t be him, and I had hope again. But when I saw his body today (Wednesday), I broke down,” she continued.She described the state of crime in the country as terrible.“It is terrible. It’s out of hand. Now that it has hit home, it is a form of trauma for us, too,” she added.She shared that Duff, who suffered from epilepsy, was unmarried and had no children.She added that he frequently went into forested areas, where he gathered nuts and fruits.The murder toll currently stands at 139 compared to 150 for the same period last year.