By Edona Jno Baptiste, Assistant News Editor
No formal arrests have been made relating to an incident where skeletal remains were found at Elmshall heights last month, according to police.
This week, The Barbados Nation Newspaper reported that Dominica detectives had traveled to Barbados to secure data about 23-year-old Barbadian Corey Rohan Poleon’s medical history and dental records to positively identify the remains.
According to police reports, police discovered the bones on March 19, 2010, after being led to the area. Later in March, Deputy Police Chief Cyril Carrette said police were awaiting the report of the analyst to determine an identity of the bones.
Last week a friend of Poleon’s family in Barbados contacted Dominica News Online informing the media house that Poleon had disappeared from his country, and they were informed he was in Dominica.
“I am trying to help you help us with identifying the body please … we need to know his mother [Denise Lawrence] has been trying to find him for a long time now,” the woman informed DNO.
It is believed that Poleon met a local male on the internet two years ago and visited him in Dominica for two weeks in August 2009.
Police Public Relations Officer Inspector Claude Weekes did not comment whether there was a connection to their investigations with that incident.
Dominicans via radio talk shows had voiced the opinion that the local police are withholding information from the public.
However, Weekes told Dominica News Online this is a complex and very sensitive matter; therefore information cannot be divulged.
“It’s a fact that we have gotten the skeletal bones … the police are carrying out investigations … if we make a formal arrest we will say,” Weekes noted.
He did not confirm or deny whether local police were in Barbados trying to piece clues together.
“We continue to solicit the help of the public,” Weekes added.
One man continues to assist police with investigations, he stated.
The ten-day exercise which began on March 27th sought to monitor rivers which were being poisoned to catch fish during Easter.
The Department had earlier stressed that section 29 of the Wildlife Protection Act states that persons who engage in the poisoning of rivers to catch wildlife is guilty of an offence and liable to a fine of two-thousand dollars or six months in jail.
i don’t understand what is going on in dominica the most serious offenders are walking free why is that are we not competant enough to put a killer behind bars.
The so -called intellectuals have gone insane no wonder criminals have more legal rights than good citizens. So criminal activities will increase to a new level. Shame!!!!!!!!!
What I really want to know…is if the man isn’t arrested, is he detained? I hope so…because I would not want the man on the road among our kids and me!!! I thought he confessed or something….. how can someone confess to such and he is not charged? What they want him to do… kill in front of them then… aa . I do not understand this case… and when people dont know things…. any and everything can can be said or thought of. So, police inform us please…we need to know.
just send some “officers with brains” to do some forensics already. Maybe a little training in the states of england. we are all very tired of the sob stories from the police hierachy. Let peace and tranquility reign again in our beautiful country.
First of all, when they hide the identity of this man, anyone that has any information that can further link him to the case, will not get the chance to do so. Therefore are greater chance of him being set free!
This…. police officers need to do their job well!
Do you see this s*** happening on in other countries? Hell to the f*** no!
Murder suspects are published! So information can be gathered from the outside, not just from … investigators!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
THIS IS SO STUPID!!!
Dominicans need to step up, and get rid of all these incompetent officials they have seating behind desk and wasting the little money we have and dragging the country further and further behind!
The cat use to always chase the rat, but in Dominica its the other way around.
The a***are infront and the brains behind!
SOMETHING IS WRONG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
How can the police solicit the help of the public; if the public has no information about the case, or the person assisting the police? I firmly beleive this is a situation we should take very seriously. We have to protect our childern and children’s children. To have a menace to society roaming the streets freely is the height of irresponsibilty on the part of the police of Dominica.
They are more concerned about arresting a young man on the side of the road for smoking weed and publicising him than actually sensitizing the public on these issues! It’s time we do a thorough cleaning of the Police Force and get persons are seriously concerned about the welfare of the Dominican public and Dominicans at large!
That will only happen when competent people take a leadership role in the force. All those who could and were bringing some semblance of credibility to the force were frustrated to the point that they had to leave. Also, an armed wing of any government is not concerned about fighting crime but rather gossip, lie, crook and carry news for the sole purpose of getting promoted. Therefore they have no time or desire to do what they are supposed to. Leadership is what the police need right now. Hopefully the government will swallow their pride and bring back some of those who were forced to retire.
Why are the police always tight-lipped. I can understand that an investigation is being conducted but the same investigators put it out there. I would like to ask Mr. Weekes, what happened to the body of Reagan Adams, the murder victim from St. Joseph, when will his family get the body so that he can be buried.
Give the police a chance to do their job, they cannot give information to feather complecate the case also something must be done about those talkshows in dominica they are out of hand
YOU MUST BE STUPID OR WHAT?
HOW ITS GONNA COMPLICATED THE CASE WHEN, POTENTIAL EYEWITNESSES AND OTHER INFORMERS ARE OUT THERE , IGNORANT TO THE FACT THAT THEY MITE HAVE CRUCIAL INFORMATION IN THIS CASE!
INFORMATION THAT CAN HAVE IT SOLVED!!!!!!!!!!!
THATS WHY DOMINICA WILL NEVER MOVE FORWARD, ITS FULL WITH PEOPLE LIKE YOU AND THOSE WHO GOVERN IT!!!!!!
A BUNCH OF RETARDS!!!!!!!
Well they didn’t give it to us. But they gave it to the family in B’dos who gave it to the newspaper. so it out there . so remain tight lipped for WHAT?
Crimes are not private matters so there’s no reason to conceal them. It’s always a sensitive matter for the police when it comes to divulging information! With something of that magnitude going on in a small country like Dominica, why are you trying to keep it under wraps? The population has a right to be informed whether formal arrests have been made or not. Besides the ‘suspect’ is not a first time offender so what’s the big deal?!
Why is it that information cannot be forthcoming and all the necessary information was published in Saturday’s issue of the Barbados’ Nation Newspaper. It is very embarassing that this issue took place in Dominica and it took another countrys paper to alert Dominica of what is even goin on there. I
Things in Dominica seems to be happening “”Back to Front’ of “Upside Down{“
I KNOW MEHN! ITS SUCH AN EMBARRASSMENT!
THE PEOPLE OF DOMINICA NEED TO DO SOMETHING AND QUICK!
GET RID OF THESE PEOPLE WHO JUST WASTE TAX PAYERS MONEY TO SET CRIMINALS FREE.
GET NOTHING DONE!!!!
MY POOR COUNTRY IS BEING RUN BY A SET OF HEADLESS BABOONS!!!
GOD HELP US!
i agree 100% heaven help us
Totally agree
The talk shows getting out of hand in D.A…every little thing that happen is the D.L.P…Life is so unfair…good response mr.policeman.
thats a foolish comment… pftt who mentioned the DLP in this case..? it was the secrecy of the police that were questioned on the talk show. oh shut up and the show is lead by ppl and an unbiased host. so shut ur face
Police in Dominica are forever investigating and most time results in a not gilty verdict and/or unresolve case,-shame on us!!!!!!!!!!!!!
hmmm..ebeh weh