Coroner’s inquest ordered in Tobago woman’s death
The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has ordered a coroner’s inquest into the death of Rae Ann Henry in Tobago last Saturday.
This means the incident is no longer classified as a murder and the island’s toll has reverted to nine for 2023.
Tobago investigators approached the DPP on Friday afternoon following an autopsy on Henry’s body.
Henry, 36, of Canaan was fatally stabbed during an altercation with another woman at Gaskin Bay Road, Bon Accord, on October 1. She died on her way to the Scarborough General Hospital at around 9.50 pm.
A woman was held for questioning and was released from police custody on Friday night, moments after the DPP’s advice to investigators on the matter.
The autopsy on Henry’s body at the Scarborough Mortuary Friday morning revealed that she died of a single stab wound to the chest.
Head of the Homicide Bureau Supt Snr Rishi Singh said the inquest will pave the way forward.
“It’s no longer going to be counted as a murder because of the circumstances and the account. The coroner will inquire into the circumstances, so it’s going to court, not as a charge of murder, but as a matter looking into the circumstances surrounding the death.”
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