An autopsy yesterday revealed that nine-year-old Shaquan Gittens whose half-naked and bound body was found in a trench in South Ruimveldt on Saturday, died as a result of a compression injury to the neck and asphyxiation due to drowning.
Gittens, of 2950 Well Road, North Ruimveldt went missing last Wednesday and his body was found on Saturday half-naked and bound in a trench running alongside a dam just off of Cane View Avenue, South Ruimveldt. The boy was clad only in the t-shirt he was last seen in and his hands were tied together with rope. From all indications, he was the victim of a sexual assault prior to his death.
