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Four deaths awaiting Coroner’s report to determine cause – RVIPF

- cases of Franklyn Malone, Andrew J. Skerritt, Waleid Kachhour & Ryan Smolderen showed no evidence of 3rd party involvement in death
June 23rd, 2021 | Tags:
Investigators at the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) are classifying four recent deaths in the Virgin Islands (VI) as inconclusive following lengthy investigations by its Crime Division. Photo: VINO/File
The decomposing body of Franklyn Malone was found in waters at Fat Hogs Bay on, November 24, 2020. Photo: Team of Reporters
The decomposing body of Franklyn Malone was found in waters at Fat Hogs Bay on, November 24, 2020. Photo: Team of Reporters
Andrew J. Skerritt body was found at his home in Carrot Bay in early February with a single gunshot wound. Photo: Team of Reporters
Andrew J. Skerritt body was found at his home in Carrot Bay in early February with a single gunshot wound. Photo: Team of Reporters
The body of Walaid Kachhour was found in the waters near the Valerie Thomas Community Centre in Sea Cows Bay in late February 2021 with his hands and feet loosely tied. Photo: Team of Reporters
The body of Walaid Kachhour was found in the waters near the Valerie Thomas Community Centre in Sea Cows Bay in late February 2021 with his hands and feet loosely tied. Photo: Team of Reporters
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Investigators at the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) are classifying four recent deaths in the Virgin Islands (VI) as inconclusive following lengthy investigations by its Crime Division.

In a release today, June 23, 2021, the RVIPF said autopsy reports and full inquiries into the causes of death in the cases of Franklyn Malone, Andrew J. Skerritt, Waleid Kachhour, and Ryan Smolderen have not revealed any evidence that another person had been physically involved in bringing about the individuals’ demise.

In such cases, Detective Inspector Vernon Larocque says the Coroner will make the final determination.

Coroner will make a final determination - RVIPF Detectives 

“Upon conclusion of these investigations, a file is submitted to the Coroner’s Office who will make the final determination.   The   Coroner will direct any further actions in these cases in order to be satisfied that no other person participated in bringing about the deaths of these individuals. However, any new evidence which may surface will be treated with urgency and resolve,” the Detective Inspector noted in the release.

On November 24, 2020, Malone’s decomposing was found in waters close to Fat Hogs Bay, Skerritt body was found at his home in Carrot Bay on February 5, 2021, single gunshot wound.

The body of Kachhour was found in the waters near the Valerie Thomas Community Centre in Sea Cows Bay in on February 19, 2021, with his hands and feet loosely tied and the body of Smolderen was found in the waters near Village Cay at the end of April.

10 Responses to “Four deaths awaiting Coroner’s report to determine cause – RVIPF ”

  • ——- (23/06/2021, 18:54) Like (4) Dislike (1) Reply
    So they are suicidal?
  • Lucifer (23/06/2021, 21:00) Like (38) Dislike (1) Reply
    So we are supposed to believe that a man tied his own hands and feet together and threw himself into the water at Sea Cows Bay? Are the police afraid of looking too much because of what they might uncover?
    • Seriously? (24/06/2021, 00:36) Like (5) Dislike (0) Reply
      A man with a single gunshot wound, and a man found with his hands and feet bound in the water? No evidence to link another person to these deaths?
    • @Lucifer (24/06/2021, 07:18) Like (0) Dislike (3) Reply
      It is very likely that a person can tie themselves up. Just like it is likely for someone to hang themselves at questionable heights or shoot themselves and end up in questionable positions. That is why we hire experts into certain fields, they know what they are talking about.
    • cool (24/06/2021, 07:41) Like (2) Dislike (5) Reply
      I hear dem ropes was very loose. Like you could walk out of them ties. I give the Police the benefit of the doubt.
  • ReX FeRal (23/06/2021, 22:02) Like (1) Dislike (0) Reply
    And Rod Simmonds death?
  • What?? (23/06/2021, 22:06) Like (11) Dislike (0) Reply
    Goodness!!! You people in Tola are a joke. Anyone who wants to commit a crime and get away with it, go to Tortola in the BVI. Sad to say, but it’s true. From time I was a child growing up there. I would realize how many tourists would bring their spouse down there and then they go missing lol. Perfect place. All the years, I see the people who they hire and pay these monies to not even. Come close to discovering anything. Let’s be serious, do you know how many unsolved murders we have from at least the 1980’s come up. Plus don’t forget those that they term as natural deaths, but weren’t. SMH I see big cities are able to find the criminal(s) on very little, yet Tola far behind. SMH
  • omg (23/06/2021, 22:36) Like (11) Dislike (0) Reply
    How exactly does someone tie their own hands and feet together? Absolute rubbish. What an embarrassment to criminal investigation.
  • Redshoes (24/06/2021, 08:24) Like (4) Dislike (1) Reply
    That is why they call there nature little secret all the secret hideout want to kill someone take them to the British virgin islands and that job will be well done
  • Jerry Teeler (24/06/2021, 23:04) Like (0) Dislike (1) Reply
    It sounds like the Clinton's are living down there.


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