The St Kitts and Nevis Authorities have confirmed the identities of a girl and little one among the many nineteen decomposed our bodies discovered on a drifting boat on Wednesday off the coast of Nevis. A ugly discovery on January 29, 2025 was made after the Defence Coast Guard officers confirmed the sighting of a ship, after receiving a report between 11 am and 12 pm.
The vessel was traced and towed in direction of the Coast Guard base in St Kitts and in the course of the additional investigations, Mali passports have been discovered, suggesting that a number of the deceased people could have been West Africans.
Preliminary studies by the police
The preliminary assertion issued by the police acknowledged that 12 our bodies have been discovered, which then turned to 13 (13), with the ultimate confirmed depend being nineteen.
As well as, officers reported some updates after the preliminary investigation and stated that the people have been already lifeless earlier than getting into the waters of St Kitts and Nevis. The boat had a foul odor with our bodies decaying to the purpose that it couldn’t be recognized.
It’s to be famous that previous to this incident an analogous case of our bodies being discovered within the Atlantic ocean close to the south east coast of Trinidad was reported and no connection amongst bot the instances may very well be established until now.
Additionally, no proof of foul play, failed human trafficking, or of homicide has been discovered but, making it troublesome for the police of St Kitts and Nevis to trace the explanation behind the dying of 19 people as no markings have been discovered on the boat.
5 decomposed our bodies present in Trinidad
Just a few oil employees found a drifting boat that had a really sturdy odor on Saturday, January 25, 2025, floating within the Atlantic Ocean off the southeast coast of Trinidad. Upon investigation, the authorities discovered 5 severely decomposed our bodies within the boat.
Nonetheless, few studies assumed that there generally is a connection in each the instances, however as of now no connection may very well be established by the authorities.