Police investigate death in Soufriere

Police investigation3The police are investigating the death over the weekend, of a US citizen who resided in Soufriere.

Police PRO, Pellam Jno. Baptiste it is alleged that at about 6.45 pm on the 15th of October 2016, a 70 year old male, George Morris, of California was found in an unconscious state in the vicinity of the Soufriere Catholic Church. Jno Baptiste said Morris was transported to the Accident and Emergency Department of the Princess Margaret Hospital where he was examined and officially pronounced dead by a medical doctor.

According to Jno Baptiste, a coroner’s inquest will be convened and police investigations are continuing.

 

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9 Comments

  1. Noreen
    October 17, 2016

    They sure do things backwards in D.A.Can a funeral home pickup some one without
    the families permission?

  2. soufriere
    October 17, 2016

    please mr john baptiste say it as it is, the people from the funeral home were the ones who took the body away because the he was pronounced dead at the scene, the ambulance came prevoiusely and could not transport him to the pmh because he was already dead

    • Francisco Etienne-Dods Telemaque
      October 17, 2016

      Well, you know in Dominica, the claim only doctors have the intelligence to figure out when someone is dead you know, so unless some quack at Princes Margaret butcher shop say someone is dead nobody else in Dominica can determine that you know!

      To make it grand Pellam has to lie about it too, trying to prove they are on top of everything, and it was some great doctor who discovered the man was dead

  3. October 17, 2016

    The standard police report is always quoted as the police are investigating the incident, and no one ever hear about it again , what happened to the police officers who killed that guy in there custody in Portsmouth? no body is talking about it , what about his family? they are not even demanding justice, what has we come to in D.A.?.

  4. Ronald
    October 17, 2016

    Rest in peace George. Rather unfortunate the way you went. He loved Dominica and told me he would not leave those shores (Dominica) for nothing. Rest in peace. My condolences to his family and friends.

    • Francisco Etienne-Dods Telemaque
      October 18, 2016

      Ronald, since you knew him, can you tell me if George was a heavy built guy over two hundred or there about?

      My reason for asking is that I knew someone from Northern California named George who was just over fascinated with Dominica, I am simply wondering if he is the one of the same!

      • Child of god
        October 18, 2016

        He use to one in catholic radio station and yes his body built

  5. Vaffanculo_PM
    October 17, 2016

    Vote of no confidence in Skerrit.. He causing too much politics in the police force, so u have hard working police officers being sidelined and the bad ones waving the red flag getting promotions. This will cause low morale and corruption in the police force causing alot of policemen to just do things to get by while receiving their monthly salary. 8-O

    • hehe
      October 18, 2016

      but vaffanculo pm what you talking about na. this article is not for politics

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