Worcester PD Remains Silent About Man Dumped in Downtown Trash Bin

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Monday, July 13, 2015

Patrick Sargent, GoLocalWorcester Contributor

Even after multiple media outlets reported on it, the Worcester Police Department still stonewalls the brother of a man stuffed in a trash bin on Main Street in Worcester last summer from the answers he is searching for.

Frank Beshai, brother of David Beshai who died last summer after he was found in a trash bin in front of the Worcester County courthouse, is perplexed that WPD still hasn’t replied to his requests for information regarding his brother’s death.

“Something is bad here and I think the outcome is going to be bad for someone. Somebody made a huge mistake,” Beshai said.

As of Sunday afternoon, according to Beshai, the WPD had yet to get back to him or any local media outlets seeking information.

“It’s the same stonewall,” Beshai told GoLocalWorcester. “I just don’t get it.”

What Happened and Why is WPD So Quiet?

As GoLocalWorcester reported last week, the 49-year-old David Beshai was found late at night July 23, 2014. The Worcester PD told Frank Beshai that they’re still waiting on results of an autopsy.

“The police haven’t really said anything. They don’t respond to phone calls anymore. I call them and they tell me they’re looking at a number of different things. At first, they told me they were backed up. And then I called again and they said they were finally working on my brother’s case. And then they said they were working on a toxicology report,” Beshai told GoLocal.

GoLocalWorcester was able to obtain a copy of the police report. According to the report, David was initially mistaken for a female. When WPD responded, David wasn’t breathing and had no pulse. He was later transported to Saint Vincent’s Hospital. David died four days later on July 27.

The above photo, which Beshai released on his Facebook page last week, was taken by Rafael Quinones, who saw David Beshai’s legs sticking out of the trash can and kicking while he was driving down Main Street. By the time Quinones got to him, Beshai was unresponsive. Quinones called 911 and then took the picture.

SEE BELOW: Police Report on Discovery of Beshai in Trash Bin

“I kept my mouth shut this long because I didn’t want to interrupt their investigation,” Beshai told GoLocal. “But now, it’s been a year, and I have to do what I have to do. I’ve done more investigating than the police have.”

Stonewalling Nothing New for WPD

The Worcester Police Department, as many law enforcement organizations do, look to the public for tips and assistance identifying suspects and information. Typically, press releases to local media outlets from the WPD offer a phone number that the public can use to submit any information they may have.

A look at WPD’s press releases from last summer show that the discovery of David Beshai’s body wasn’t relayed to local media.

GoLocalWorcester has requested all information regarding David’s case and, like Frank Beshai, are still waiting for a response from the WPD.

However, GoLocal isn’t anticipating a response any time soon. As GoLocalWorcester reported last fall, WPD failed to answer 43 straight phone calls from GoLocal.

According to the Worcester Police Department, different media outlets take on different priority levels for police response, “Established local media” outlets like the Telegram and Gazette, Charter TV Channel 3, and radio stations WTAG and WCRN are rated at a much higher priority for response than the other local media organizations, which take bottom priority for a response.

“The WPD responds and disseminates more information to the media than all other city departments combined,” said the Worcester Police Department on their Facebook account. “The above stated tasks are prioritized and labor intensive. The current requests for information from media with limited circulation exceed the requests for information from more established media with larger circulation. At times these requests are beyond our capacity to respond or the information has been disseminated through a written press release.”

Here is the police report GoLocalWorcester obtained describing what happened when David's body was found:

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