9th January 2023

One man in custody in connection with St Lucia first homicide 2023

By RSLPF

 

On Tuesday, January 3, 2023, about 1:00 p.m. Officers attached to the Criminal Investigations Department, Castries, received a report of a suspicious death at Trois Piton, Castries.

On arrival, officers observed the unresponsive body of a female, identified as Saraphina Stephen, a forty-two (42) year old resident of Trois Piton.

A postmortem examination was conducted on Wednesday, January 4, 2023, which determined the cause of death to be asphyxia due to suffocation.

One male is currently in custody in relation to this matter. An update will be provided in due course.

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