Girl found dead in bed died of blunt trauma to stomach

A post-mortem examination performed yesterday on the body of ten-year-old Roseann Akeila Harris, who died on Saturday, days after she was kicked, allegedly by a classmate, revealed that she died of blunt trauma to the stomach.

The child’s mother, Samantha Peters said yesterday that she was determined to obtain justice and her family will not be accepting any form of compensation from the classmate’s relatives. “We can’t let it go down just like that. I lost a big child… It’s a big loss to my family,” Peters said.

While a police source told Stabroek News that investigations into the matter are ongoing, Peters said that based on what she was told yesterday the police