By Admin. Updated 2:31 p.m., Wednesday, March 20, 2024, Atlantic Standard Time (GMT-4).
The results of a post-mortem examination conducted on the late police constable Robin Spencer show that he died from drowning, police say.
The police officer went fishing in the Brighton area on Sunday, March 17, 2024.
Police said according to preliminary investigations, Spencer and one of his friends went fishing at the aforementioned beach sometime after 1:00 p.m. Reports indicated that sometime after 3:00 p.m. while fishing, Spencer was swept out to sea by a wave and succumbed to death.
“The SVG Coast Guard was notified, and a team of officersimmediately proceeded to the area on a Coast Guard vessel and conducted a search and rescue exercise. Spencer’s unresponsive body was recovered from the water by members of the Coast Guard who unsuccessfully performed CardiopulmonaryResuscitation (CPR) on him. Spencer was transported to the Coast Guard Base where he was pronounced dead by a medical practitioner,” police said in the March 17 release.
In a March 20 release, the Royal St. Vincent and the Grenadines Police Force (RSVGPF) said it wishes to inform the public that according to the result of a post-mortem examination that was conducted on Spencer’s body on Monday 18th March 2024, he died from “Drowning.”
“The Commissioner of Police (Ag) Mr. Enville Williams, Gazetted Officers, and rank and file members of the Royal St. Vincent and the Grenadines Police Force (RSVGPF) and its Auxiliary Police Force extend their deepest condolences to the widow, family, and friends of Constable Robinja Spencer. May his soul rest in perpetual peace,” the release stated.
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