Evidence points to suicide in schoolgirl’s death, but questions remain

Alicia Ali

By Roger Wong

 

Alicia Ali, the schoolgirl whose nude body was discovered on Wednesday at the seawall near Turkeyen, died as a result of asphyxia due to drowning, compounded by compression injury to the neck and blunt trauma to the head, an autopsy found yesterday.

The findings of the autopsy came a day after the discovery of an apparent suicide note written by 14-year-old Ali to her mother, Maylene Williams. Her family, meanwhile,