(Trinidad Guardian) A decomposed body that was found at the Heights of Aripo on Friday has been identified as that of a Cocorite woman who was reported missing on the weekend, 21-year-old Keithisha Cudjoe, a mother of one.
Cudjoe’s body was only positively identified yesterday at the Forensic Science Centre by her relatives.
The body was so badly decomposed, the relatives were only able to identify it was her by the shoes, glasses and bits of clothing.
Cudjoe was last seen last week Monday.
She lived with a close male friend in Cocorite.
However, it wasn’t until Saturday that a missing person’s report was made to police by relatives.
The report was made a day after a beekeeper stumbled upon a decomposed body in the Heights of Aripo, just mere metres from where the body of Andrea Bharatt was found on February 4 a year ago.
Police, who at the time did not have an identity on the body, released a statement on Sunday asking for the public’s urgent assistance in finding ‘missing woman’ Keithisha Cudjoe.
That release stated that Cudjoe, of Harding Place, Cocorite, was last seen at 8:30 pm on Monday 24th January, 2022.
“She was reported missing by a relative to the St James Police Station on Saturday 29th January, 2022.
Police said that the beekeeper found the body at 5.15 pm on Friday while going into the forest to see about his beehives.
Investigators said that given the confirmation on the body’s identity and the advanced state of decomposition it is suspected that Cudjoe may have been killed sometime between Monday night and Tuesday morning.
Speaking with the Guardian Media yesterday, Cudjoe’s friend, with whom she lived, said he was hurt by the news of her death.
“I spoke to her on Monday (last week) and she didn’t say where she was going. She just said she was going out.”
