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Someone Being Questioned After Woman Found Dead

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By: Spokesman Newsroom

BASSETERRE, St.Kitts (Friday 11th May 2018) – The death of a young woman found dead in somebody else’s on the sister island of Nevis is currently under investigation by police who are questioning an individual taken into police custody.

Police say that at about 3:45 p.m. yesterday (Thursday), the Charlestown Police Station received a report from the Medical Services that having responded to an emergency call, they found 34-year-old Petronella Hinds of Cane Garden dead.

Reportedly, her motionless body was in the house of Muriel Archibald in Farms Estate.

PHOTO: Petronella Hinds

The scene was processed. A number of items of evidential value were collected and taken into police custody.

House to house inquiries were conducted and several persons were interviewed. An autopsy will be carried out shortly.

Someone is in police custody assisting with investigations which are ongoing. Persons with information about this incident are urged to call the Charlestown Police Station at 469-5391 or their nearest Police Station.

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