Autopsies performed today on the bodies of Isaiah and Joel Henry, the teenaged cousins who were murdered over the weekend at Cotton Tree, West Coast Berbice, confirmed that they both died from haemorrhage and shock due to multiple wounds.
Crime Chief Wendell Blanhum this morning confirmed the findings of the autopsies which were performed at the Memorial Gardens, Le Repentir Cemetery, Georgetown.
In the interest of transparency, Blanhum said that the autopsies were video recorded by the police and measures were also put in place for the dead teens’ lawyers to witness the process.
The police on Sunday said that the bodies of Isaiah Henry and Joel Henry were found about 600 feet from each other in clumps of bush near to a coconut farm.
Isaiah, 16, a student at the Woodley Park Secondary School, and Joel, 18, attached to the Blairmont Estate, went missing last Saturday after they left home to head to the backlands to pick coconuts.
After they did not return home, relatives lodged missing person reports to the police and subsequently launched a search party. It was while searching that the bodies of the teens were discovered.
A total of seven persons, including a coconut estate owner and his son are currently in police custody assisting with investigations. A search is ongoing for three other suspects.
