AFTER months of investigations, the police are yet to complete the file concerning the murder of schoolteacher Kescia Branche and are still awaiting the phone call record between her and her alleged killer, Mathew Munroe.

Munroe, a 47-year-old taxi driver is currently on remand since December 2017, for the alleged killing of Branche on November 7, 2017 at Georgetown.
During Wednesday’s report before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan, police prosecutor, Inspector Neville Jeffers said that the court was still awaiting the DNA results on the matter and relevant phone records from the phone company.

The magistrate further adjourned the matter until February 27 for report on the file.
Branche, a mother of one, who resided in Cummings Lodge, Greater Georgetown, was last seen alive on November 4, 2017 when she left for a night out with her friends.
However, her unconscious body was found in the vicinity of Princes Street and Louisa Row the following day. Her left leg was broken and there was evidence that she’d sustained multiple head injuries.

The Richard Ishmael Secondary School teacher died at the Georgetown Public Hospital two days after being found battered in the city. A post-mortem indicated that she died as a result of brain haemorrhage.
During police investigations, three suspects who were being questioned regarding the death of Branche, were released. The father of Branche’s three-year-old son was released on November 14 and placed on station bail, along with two police constables. The two officers were later charged departmentally for neglect of duty, consuming intoxicating liquor while on duty, improperly entering licensed premises and acting in a manner likely to bring discredit to the reputation of the force.

At the time of the trio’s release, police were seeking to contact a taxi driver whose cell phone number appeared repeatedly on Branche’s mobile device.
The taxi driver’s car was impounded at the Brickdam Police Station after he had reportedly left the country after Branche was found with a broken leg and in an unconscious state on November 5.
Investigators are of the opinion that the driver may have been the last person to see the teacher alive.

When arrested, the taxi driver claimed that his car was involved in an accident after he drove into a pothole, and according to a police report, the damages to the car are not consistent with the injuries Branche received.