Stanleytown woman died from multiple injuries, man held

On July 22, 2015, the police say that Megon Jones, 68 years, of Stanleytown, WBD, was found on the access road to the Vreed-en-Hoop Jetty area, WCD, with part of her tongue missing and other injuries to her body. She was admitted to the GPHC where she subsequently succumbed on July 25, 2015. At that time she was unidentified, police said,

Following her identification, a post-mortem examination was yesterday conducted by Pathologist Dr. Nehaul Singh who gave the cause of death as multiple injuries about the body and blunt trauma to the head.

A man has been arrested and is in police custody assisting with the investigations.