Police on the East Coast are looking at some “persons of interest” as they continue their probe into the death of schoolgirl Alicia Ali whose nude body was found on the seawall near Turkeyen on March 25.
According to police sources, investigators had questioned the girl’s relatives as well as a male friend but since then nothing new has happened. One source noted though that investigators have some persons they are looking at.
Stabroek News was unable to make contact with the teen’s relatives yesterday.
Circumstances surrounding the discovery of the girl’s body remain hazy, since the garments she was wearing at the time she went missing were not found, while her body bore visible marks of violence.
A post-mortem examination revealed that she died as a result of asphyxia due to drowning, compounded by a compression injury to the neck and blunt trauma to the head.
The Campbellville Secondary student went missing after she was sent on an errand to a nearby shop at about 7 pm. Her mother then raised an alarm and was joined by friends who went in search of her. They came up empty handed.
Police later found a suicide note allegedly written by the teen and addressed to her mother. Police officials have indicated that they have not ruled out suicide from the investigation although they were looking in the direction of a murder.
