Murdered teen sustained penetrating wounds to several vital organs

GOVERNMENT pathologist, Dr. Vivikanand Brijmohan, has confirmed that  18-year-old Oneka Omika Greaves of Caracas died as a result of shock and haemorrhage, and a penetrated wound to the kidney.The teenage  mother also sustained incised wounds to the spine, pancreas, diaphragm,  and elsewhere, according to the coroner’s report.
Greaves died during the wee hours of Tuesday morning, after being coerced by the father of her four-month-old daughter into returning to Berbice with him. She was reportedly stabbed repeatedly while in the yard after venturing outside to wash her daughter’s nursing bottle.
The suspect, Robert Sandy,49, is currently an in-patient under police guard at the New Amsterdam Hospital, where he has been admitted after allegedly consuming the pesticide, gramoxone.
Medical personnel are reported being threatened by close associates of both the suspect and the deceased, and have since called on the relevant authorities to provide heightened security for Sandy.
Sandy, meanwhile, has given a statement to the police confessing to the crime, and expressed regret over the incident.
Greaves is expected to be buried over the weekend.

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