BASSETERRE, St. Kitts – POLICE have informed that a pathologist found there was no foul play in the tragic death of Andy ‘Dick’ Mitchell of Dieppe Bay and that he might have committed suicide.
According to Police Press and Public Relations Officer Inspector Vaughan Henderson, resident pathologist Dr. Adrian Nunez performed an autopsy on Mitchell’s body today (Feb. 17) and reported that death was caused by asphyxia due to hanging by the neck.
“Dr. Nunez also indicated that there were no signs of trauma or violence on the body and he has concluded there was no foul play,” Inspector Henderson said.
Henderson said that the file on this matter would not be closed until the officers have completed their investigation, compile their report and submit it to their superiors.
He indicated that the general public would be provided further information on the matter after the report would have been submitted.
Early yesterday morning (Feb. 16), residents of Dieppe Bay had awoken to the sad news that the body of 24-year-old Andy Mitchell was discovered hanging by the neck from a rope attached to a tree close to the Caribbean Sea.
One resident explained that the area in which the body was found is called ‘Barthum’, a local term for bottom, which is situated “east of the old primary school” in the village.
Another resident, who claimed to have known the deceased on a personal basis, said many people in the village were shocked on hearing of his death, because “Dick was not known as an individual who would want to take someone’s life, much less his own”.
The resident however noted that Mitchell was acting very strangely on Tuesday and had given his cellular phone to a very close relative after collecting a sum of money from that person, whom he told not to cry for him.
Another villager claimed that Mitchell went to her home on Tuesday afternoon and told her to inform one of her relatives that he was in love with her and they would soon be married.
