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Autopsies of of the bodies of the two Henry cousins, Joel and Isaiah revealed that the teens were brutally tortured before they died.
Speaking with media outside the Memorial Gardens in the La Repentir Cemetery, where the post-mortems were conducted by Dr Nehaul Singh, Attorney at law, Nigel Hughes described the particulars as ‘pretty nasty’.
He said that Joel received 18 wounds across his body, seven to eight chops to head, and defensive wounds in both palms from a sharp object. It was concluded from those injuries, the 19-year-old fell to the ground, then he received a chop to his back that severed his spine. That chop was 14 inches x 3 and 6 inches deep.
There was also evidence that he bit his tongue, and his throat slit.
In relation to 16-year-old, his spine was also severed. His wound was 14 inches long, 4 inches wide and 6 inches deep. Isaiah received several chops to his head, and his throat too was slit, almost to sever his head from his neck.
A police statement released on Wednesday would only say that the cause of death was given as hemorrhage and shock due to multiple incise wounds and injuries.
Both bodies were handed over to their respective relatives for burial.
