Homicide!!!
That’s the conclusion of American pathologist, Dr. Michael Baden, who gave his preliminary findings from his observation of the autopsy conducted on the body of Montego Bay resident, Mario Deane.
Dr. Baden says Deane died of multiple impacts to the brain, head and face.
The autopsy was conducted by a government pathologist at the Cornwall Regional hospital in Montego Bay, St. James yesterday.
Dr. Baden yesterday provided journalists with a preliminary update on his observations shortly after the autopsy on Mario Deane’s body concluded just after 5:00 p.m.
Dr. Baden says based on what was observed during the autopsy, Mr. Deane’s injuries were not the result of him falling from a bed in his cell.
Dr. Baden says the autopsy alone won’t be able to determine exactly how and under what circumstances Mr. Deane died, but he says it will play an important part in getting answers.
Mario Deane was brutally beaten on August 3 while detained at the Barnett Street Police lock-up in Montego Bay.
He had been detained for a ganja spliff.
Mario died three days later at the Cornwall regional hospital.
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