By: Precious Mills
BASSETERRE, St.Kitts (Friday 13th April 2018)- To date, three individuals have been questioned by police in relation to the death of 23-year-old Shaquille ‘Shaq’ Pemberton of New Road, St. Peter’s.
An update provided by a source at the Police Public Relations Department has informed: “That matter is still under investigation. It is the method of death that is undetermined. So far three persons were taken into police custody, questioned and released. The circumstances surrounding his death is still an active investigation.”
Pemberton’s lifeless body was found in the Gillards Meadows area (in St. Peter’s) on Saturday 27th January by a passer-by who reported it to the St. Kitts and Nevis Fire and Rescue Services which in turn then reported it police.
Public speculation concerning the young man’s death continued after police had revealed that the forensic pathologist (Dr. Valery Alexandrov) changed his ruling on the natural causes autopsy results after lab tests conducted overseas.
The autopsy results publicised in a police press release- dated Saturday 3rd February- withdrew Dr. Alexandrov’s initial report which indicated that death was as a result of natural causes.
A follow-up press release issued some three days after (6th February) disclosed that since undertaking further laboratory tests in Trinidad, Dr. Alexandrov had revised his opinion and ruled that the method of death is “undetermined.”
On Monday 12th February, Pemberton’s funeral service, originally slated to take place four days earlier on Thursday 8th February, was held at the New Testament Church Of God located on Central Street.
He was buried at the Springfield Cemetery.
Father of the deceased Nigel Arthurton had informed this media house during an interview that the date change of the funeral service came about because the original death certificate could not be used for burial that day.