British teenager's uterus, spleen and pancreas will be handed over to her mother; investigating team will fly to London to record her statement
British teenager's uterus, spleen and pancreas will be handed over to her mother; investigating team will fly to London to record her statement
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Almost a year after the gruesome murder of British teenager Scarlette Keeling, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has managed to lay their hands on her missing body parts.
A senior CBI officer told MiD DAY that Scarlette's missing organs were indeed in their possession and will be sent shortly to her mother, Fiona Mackeown. The officer added that a CBI team would be leaving for London sometime soon to record Fiona's statement.
Advocate Vikram Verma, Fiona's lawyer in Goa, said, "The CBI has informed us that they have recovered Scarlette's organs from the Goa Medical College, where the autopsies were performed. The organs include the uterus, parts of the spleen and pancreas. Her kidneys, however, were used for laboratory examination."
Scarlette's vital organs kidneys, stomach and uterus were found missing when forensic pathologist Dr Gayan Fernando attached to the Coroner Court in Devon, UK, opened Scarlette's body to conduct a third autopsy in the first week of April.
Forensics experts in Devon had told Fiona that Scarlette's missing organs were a hindrance to the investigations. They mentioned that it was difficult to find whether alcohol was given to her on the night she was killed because of the missing kidneys and the absence of the uterus made it difficult to prove whether she was sexually assaulted.
Verma is confident that the English pathologists will complete the investigations into Scarlette's death within two weeks of receiving the organs.
Talking from Portugal where she is on a vacation, Fiona said, "It's unfortunate that Scarlette awaits a decent burial nearly a year after her demise."
Foreign nationals found dead in Goa
The semi-clad body of Scarlette Keeling from North Devon, UK, was found on Anjuna beach on February 18, 2008. The Anjuna police initially suspected that the death was due to drowning. But a second autopsy confirmed rape and concluded that her death was due to overdose of drugs.
Bayet Florence, a French woman, was found dead in a trailer parked near Vagator beach, while a man believed to be her companion was lying unconscious next to her on December 22, 2008. She had travelled to Goa from Pakistan.
Michael Harvey (34), a British national, was found dead on his bed on March 1, 2008 in a beach hut near Ashwem beach, a popular backpacker haunt, about half an hour's drive north of Anjuna.
At least 126 foreign nationals have died in Goa in the past two years, 40 of them British.
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