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Bar maid died from asphyxia, drowning

Aug 25, 2012 News

–    Sailors released from custody

A post mortem examination conducted on the remains 30-year-old Roxanne Brewster, the bar maid whose body was fished out of the Berbice River around 09:50 hrs on Thursday, a day after her disappearance, revealed that she died from asphyxia and drowning.
The PM which was conducted by Dr. Vivekanand Brijmohan yesterday at the Port Mourant hospital also revealed that the woman had bruises on her foot, which investigators suggest may have been caused by her falling.
Police were  investigating reports that Brewster, of Stanleytown, New Amsterdam, fell into the river sometime around 02:30 hrs on Wednesday, while attempting to board a vessel, the MV Alexander, which was moored at Everton, East Bank Berbice, awaiting a load of cement.
It was confirmed that the woman had left her place of employment at the Rainbow Bar at Republic Road and Alexander Street in New Amsterdam, in the company of two men who were said to be sailors on the vessel.
The two men who were in custody since the incident have since been released. The men had reportedly told police that after “drinking” they had invited the woman to their vessel and it was while crossing the gang plank that she fell overboard. They related that they spent about 15 minutes searching the river in the dark, but did not locate Brewster.
A report was then made to the police..
The woman is survived by a six-year-old son.
Investigators have reportedly not yet closed the file and are still “looking at a few loose ends”.

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