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Virgil Roberts
The 29-year-old boyfriend of 52-year-old Virgil ‘Virgie’ Roberts appeared in court today in connection with her death.
Mervin Mangal of Cantonement, Augier was charged with murder on Saturday after the autopsy on Roberts was conducted, Police Inspector attached to the Vieux Fort Police Station, Marcellinus Leonce, has disclosed.
The autopsy revealed that Roberts died as a result of respiratory failure secondary to hyoid bone fracture and aspiration caused by multiple blunt force trauma, mulitple police sources have confirmed.
The nude and lifeless body of the mother of five was reportedly discovered in Mangal’s house in Cantonement on Wednesday, March 8 around 8 p.m. It was International Women’s Day.
Residents said the bruised and battered body was discovered following an alleged domestic dispute between her and Mangal.
It was the 18th homicide for 2017.
Her death took place just three days after 31-year-old mother of two Sophianna Edwards was stabbed to death on her birthday by her boyfriend, Peter Donovan, at a house in Ciceron, Castries. Donovan was last Friday charged with non-capital murder.
A total of 19 homicides have been reported in St. Lucia to date.
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