Autopsy unearths cocaine pellets in corpse of Jamaican found at guest house

Anthony Lloyd Neville Morrison

A post-mortem examination conducted yesterday on the corpse of Jamaican Beverley Gardner, who was found dead in a city hotel last month, uncovered over 60 cocaine pellets in her stomach, police officials said yesterday.

Stabroek News was told that the autopsy had been delayed until the woman could be properly identified. Gardner, also called Anesta Gardner, 37, was found dead in a room at the New York Car Wash and Guest House, located at the corner of Camp and Princes streets, around 1 am on January 22.

The autopsy was only conducted after the woman’s mother travelled here