File for DPP in Jenice’s death

Little Jenice of Morocoy Extension Road in Whiteland on the outskirts of Gasparillo, died on November 24, following a beating in which she sustained multiple blows to the head and stomach area. She was a pupil of the Whiteland Early Childhood Learning Centre. An autopsy performed by forensic pathologist Dr Eslyn Mc Donald-Burris, days after the death, revealed that the child died as a result of blunt force trauma.

Police were initially told that a female relative found Jenice unresponsive on a mattress at her home at about 9 pm on November 24.

The child was rushed to San Fernando General Hospital where she died.