IT has been one year since 26-year-old Schenise Apple, a young nurse, was found hanging in her room at the nurse’s hostel, in Mahdia, Region Eight, and her family is demanding answers surrounding her death.

On July 2, 2019, Apple, of Block 22, Linden, was found hanging from the rafters of her bedroom at the hostel. According to the results of the post-mortem, Apple died due to asphyxiation.

However, relatives and friends of the dead woman are not convinced that she committed suicide as claimed by local authorities. Her family, friends and colleagues believe that she was murdered.

According to Apple’s father, Dexton Copeland, the family is still in ‘limbo’ concerning the matter.

In an open letter, Copeland said that measures have to be put in place to ensure that the suffering experienced by his daughter is never again inflicted on other healthcare workers.

The woman’s relative is calling for justice and closure which can only be done when a proper investigation is carried out.

According to one of Apple’s relatives, the Ministry of Public Health had promised to launch an inquest into the young nurse’s death, which, a year later, has not commenced.

“We are heartbroken and angry on how the case is being investigated” the relative said.

According to Apple’s relative, the injuries that were on her body do not point to suicide.

The family is alleging that the young nurse was raped and her
death was staged to look like she committed suicide.

The family is also claiming that, a few weeks before Apple was killed, she was assaulted by a man whom they now believe might have had something to do with her death.