ONE day after Kevin Ramsawck appeared in the Sparendaam Magistrate’s Court charged with murdering Buxton clothes vendor, Samantha Benjamin, the police have released the results of the post-mortem.It was found that the woman died as a result of asphyxiation due to multiple facial fractures and brain haemorrhage. The post-mortem was performed yesterday by the government pathologist.
Meanwhile the police are continuing their investigations into the death of the woman, and two other persons are in custody for the murder, after 21-year-old Ramsawck named them as his accomplices.
The men are also from the community of Buxton and the police are awaiting advice from the Director of Public Prosecutions with respect to possible charges to be laid.
On March 26 the torso of the woman was discovered on the Annandale seashore among the boulders near the Atlantic Ocean.
At that time she was not identified but hours later her head and limbs were discovered not far from her torso after the tide had receded.
Last week Tuesday the woman’s remains were identified by relatives who became alarmed after she had not been seen for some time. Police investigators have contended that the woman was dismembered in the house and later taken to the seashore in a wheelbarrow and dumped. Her head was taken off from her body when the men took the body to the seaside.
The murder accused allegedly told investigators that they decided to dismember the woman to allow for easy disposal of her body. He also told the police that the entire motive for the crime was robbery. (Leroy Smith)