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Lester Daniel
Lester Daniel, a well-known freelance photographer and co-administrator of Movielink Entertainment Facebook page, has been charged with the murder of Ike Ephraim whose bloodied and battered body was found in a drain in Caye Mange, Gros Islet las week, according to law enforcement officials.
Daniel, 39, of Castries was formally charged with non-capital murder under section 85 of the Criminal Code, this afternoon around 4:30, according to sources.
Daniel, who has been in police custody since the day the body was discovered, is scheduled to appear in a First District court on Tuesday, June 27, 2017.
Ephraim’s shirtless body – with marks of violence all over – was discovered by a passerby in a drain in Caye Mange after 4 a.m. on Wednesday, June 21.
Ike Ephraim
Police said a post mortem conducted on June 21, 2017 by Dr. Wayne Felicien revealed that Ephraim died as a result of “subarachnoid hemorrhage secondary to base skull fracture as a result of blunt force trauma”, which means the deceased suffered a fractured skull and severe bleeding in the brain.
Police said Ephraim sustained injuries to other parts of his body, but it was the head injuries that killed him.
Initially, sources said two persons were “assisting” investigators with information.
Victim 28: The remains of Ike Ephraim was discovered in a drain in Caye Mange, Gros Islet last week.
According to sources in an earlier news report, police were investigating allegations that an intoxicated Ephraim was severely beaten after allegedly getting into trouble at a business establishment in the north.
His body was later thrown from a car onto the roadside, according to the allegations. It was also believed that an object was dropped on his head as he laid in the drain.
“The allegations are worth investigating but that doesn’t mean they are true but we are following all possible leads,” a source had said in an earlier report.
Ephraim, who is believed to be 27, and whose last known address was Reduit, Gros Islet, is the island’s 28th recorded homicide.
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