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A Canadian citizen arrested in connection with the drowning death of a four-year-old Vieux Fort boy is a physician from Hamilton, Canada who was apparently on holiday here, according to local police.
The man (name withheld) was kite-surfing at Bois Shadon Beach in the town of Vieux Fort when he allegdely took Terrel Joshua Elibos, a boy from the town, out in the water, police said.
The boy fell into the water and drowned around 2 p.m. on Sunday. Police searched for the boy until his body was found at nearby Coconut Bay Beach early Tuesday morning.
CBC News (Canada) has reported that the man taught medicine in Saint Lucia, in addition to being a physician here. “I’m very concerned,” said the fitness studio manager, who wished not to be named. “He’s an absolute angel.”
She added that the doctor was an “avid kite surfer.” When asked if taking a four-year-old kite surfing would be consistent with his personality, she responded, “He’s a doctor, so I trust his judgment more than anyone else’s.”
The doctor, according to CBC News is not listed with the Ontario College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario, but a previous report in the Guelph Mercury describes a person with the same name and age who was a trained doctor in the U.S. and awaiting medical residency in Canada.
In that story, the physician aided a distressed Guelph man while biking on Hamilton trails in Canada.
Police said he had been scheduled to leave the Saint Lucia today. No charges have been laid, but he remains in police custody and is co-operating with the investigation.