Friday, April 17, 2026

Autopsy help

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AN OVERSEAS forensic pathologist is to be brought in to determine how an elderly woman pulled from a ravine on Saturday died.

A source yesterday said that an expert was being sought in order to carry out the specialised examination on the body, believed to be that of 75-year-old Marcelle Smith, last seen alive on October 12.

A man, linked to several past attacks on women, remained in custody as the prime suspect while detectives hunt for further evidence in the killing and await the post-mortem that was postponed yesterday.

Meanwhile, the $10 000 reward for information on Smith’s death following the recovery of a body believed to be hers from the area of Halton Plantation, bordering St George and St Philip, still stands as her family believes more than one person was involved.

Please read the full story in today’s Daily Nation, or in the eNATION edition.

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