Marvin Augustin.
Police are following several leads in the hunt for the person (s) responsible for the gruesome murder of an 18-year-old Gros Islet youth, whose body was found on Trouya Beach with several stab wounds on Tuesday (April 21).
The Public Relations Department of the Royal Saint Lucia Police Force (RSLPF) told St. Lucia News Online (SNO) today that an investigation into this recent homicide is being aggressively pursued.
The department said no arrest has been made so far. Police said they are looking for a Jamaican man who has been identified as a possible suspect.
A police official told SNO that there are certain procedures that must be followed before a suspect’s identity is made public, explaining the reason why the man’s picture has not been released.
Marvin Anthony Augustin, 18 of Grand Riviere, Gros-Islet sustained 56 stabs wounds. A post mortem concluded that Augustin died from hemorrhagic shock secondary to a stab wound.
Augustin was found on Tuesday (April 21). His lifeless body was discovered at around 1:30 p.m, hours after he was reported missing. He was last seen on Monday, April 20 at about 6 p.m
A source close to Augustin, who preferred to remain anonymous, told (SNO) the incident might have been a set up.
The source claimed Augustin went to meet another male on the beach, the same day he went missing. He allegedly met the person online via Facebook.
Apparently Augustin sent a photo of the person he was going to meet on the beach to his best friend.