Zakers not shot!
Died of injury by “blunt object”…
By Terresa McCall
Reporter-SKNVibes.com
~~Adz:Right~~BASSETERRRE, St. Kitts - CONTRARY to previous reports published by SKNVibes, the findings of Barbadian Forensic Pathologist Dr. Stephen Jones revealed that Gregory Anthony Zakers died of an injury caused by a “blunt object”.
Unofficial reports received by this media house were that Zakers’ body bore what appeared to be gunshot wounds. However, according to police, Dr. Jones performed an autopsy on Zakers’ remains on Thursday and “he reported the cause of death to be severe traumatic head injury caused by a blunt object”.
Police Press and Public Relations Officer Inspector Cromwell Henry indicated to SKNVibes that, according to the Dr. Jones’ report, Zakers’ body sustained no gunshot wound.
The 20-year-old was reportedly seen by his family sometime on Thursday, April 10, 2008 when he left his Basseterre home bound for St. Pauls to visit a friend. Red flags were raised the following day when he did not return home and heard from by family members.
On Saturday, April 12, 2008, a tourist visiting Black Rocks at Belle Vue discovered the motionless body of Zakers on the cliff-side of the area and reported the find to a taxi driver who reported it to the police.
Since the incident, five individuals, including two juveniles from the St. Pauls area, a 22-year-old also of St. Pauls, a man from Sandy Point and a 23-year-old from Buckley’s Site, were “arrested on suspicion of murder” and are said to be “assisting with investigations” into the incident.
Zakers was the Federation’s sixth murder victim for the year. Since then two young men have lost their lives - Charles Benjamin Matthew, alias ‘Abaloo’, who was reportedly shot on the morning of Friday, April 18, 2008 and Tau Gowon who was reportedly stabbed to death at about 8 p.m. that same day.
The Federation’s murder count now stands at eight.
