The police yesterday launched a murder investigation into the death of eight-year-old Isaiah Smartt following the results of an autopsy which revealed that he died of asphyxiation due to bronco aspiration compounded by compression injuries to the neck.
The autopsy was performed by Government Pathologist Dr Nehaul Singh.
Stabroek News was told that given the results of the autopsy, Smartt’s death was now being treated as a murder.
The body of the F E Pollard Primary School pupil was pulled out
