POST-MORTEM INCONCLUSIVE
-further examinations to be done

POST-MORTEMS were performed on the bodies of Alex Blair, Simone Pryce, Jahaquel Blair and Natasha George, all of Cocorite Street, East La Penitence, Georgetown, who died after ingesting cocaine-laced SSS Tonic on May 4 2014.

After Government Pathologist Dr Nehaul Singh had conducted the PMEs yesterday at the Georgetown Public Hospital mortuary, he said the cause(s) of their deaths has/have not been determined, and body samples from each individual have been taken with a view to conducting further examinations.
The cocaine-laced SSS Tonic which they had ingested, had been taken to their house by an acquaintance for onward transmission to New York by a family member, but the latter refused to transport the stuff because she said the USA has many tonics to sell, and she was not going to New York but to Pennsylvania.

The Blair family then decided to consume the tonic not knowing the tonic had been contaminated.

The lone survivor of those who had consumed the tonic is 12-year-old Jamal Waterman. After the tonic had caused him to feel upset, he reportedly had taken some orange juice and vomitted. This action had presumably saved his life.

(By Asif Hakim)