Police say a person of interest was taken into custody and later released as investigations continue into the death of 28-year-old Tenisha Yarde following an incident in Rodney Bay earlier this month.
Assistant Commissioner of Police Elvis Thomas provided an update on the investigation during a police press conference on Wednesday.
Yarde, a mother of a young son, died on August 10, eight days after she was injured in an incident in Rodney Bay, Gros Islet.
According to police, Yarde was involved in an altercation with a man and another woman on August 2. During the incident, she fell into the road and was struck by an omnibus.
She was transported by ambulance to the Owen King EU Hospital, where she was initially reported to be in stable condition. She later succumbed to her injuries.
Thomas revealed Wednesday that a post-mortem examination had established the cause of Yarde’s death as severe lung injuries, fluid accumulation in the lungs and multiple fractures sustained when she was struck by a vehicle.
“…. The post-mortem revealed that she died from acute lung injury with severe pulmonary edema, as well as multiple fractures due to a vehicular-pedestrian collision,” he said.
Thomas also confirmed that investigators had taken a person of interest into custody as part of the probe.
“The individual was interviewed in the presence of his legal counsel and was released, pending investigation,” he said.
Police are now consulting with the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions on the next steps in the case.
“We are continuing to dialogue with the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions in this matter, and so a file will be submitted soon so that we could get some guidance in terms of the way forward in this particular matter,” Thomas explained.
