Bodies of foreigners to be flown home

AMERICAN oil engineer Kenneth Lewis, who was killed instantly in a car crash at Couva with his co-worker Denis Brian Shouldice on Tuesday, was expected at his Mississippi home yesterday. His grieving daughter Stephanie, 19, told Newsday that she and her 13-year-old brother Seth have been deeply affected by the death. Stephanie told Newsday that her father had been employed with Global Santa Fe Oil Drilling for the past 21 years. She said that her father spent several months in Trinidad and when he was not working he lived with his girlfriend in Thailand. She said that her father’s girlfriend had not yet been informed of the death. According to Stephanie, her father was due to leave Piarco on Tuesday and was expected home in Missi-ssippi early yesterday. The grieving woman said that her father was an extremely kind, loving person and will be sadly missed.

He was not married and was a Spiritual Baptist. She claimed that he was loved by everyone who knew him. Stephanie said she was contacted by police in Trinidad who informed her of the death. She said that her mother Sherry was also informed of the death and she has been grieving ever since. Stephanie revealed that the oil company, with which her father was employed, assured her that all arrangements will be put in place to have the body flown  to Mississippi. “I want his body home so we can pay our last respects to a wonderful person” said Stephanie. She revealed that the oil company informed her that the body will be delivered in three to five days, but she appealed to the company to put things in place to have the process speeded up. At the Forensic Science Centre yesterday, officials from the American and Canadian Embassies and Global Santa Fe Oil Drilling were on hand to get the documents to put in place arrangements to have the bodies of Shouldice, 51, and Lewis, 49, returned to their families. The official from the American Embassy told Newsday that he had no comment to make on the matter, while the official from the oil company said he was sent to collect the autopsy report and death certificate. He refused to give his name. An autopsy carried out by Dr Hughvon Des Vignes at the Forensic Science Centre revealed that the deaths of the two were as a result of multiple traumatic injuries. Shouldice suffered a broken neck.