By LAMECH JOHNSON
Tribune Staff Reporter
ljohnson@tribunemedia.net
FORENSIC pathologist Dr Caryn Sands continued her testimony yesterday in a Supreme Court trial in which a man is accused of murder.
Dr Sands had testified on Wednesday that she had not been able to determine the cause of the death of the decomposed and charred remains of an unknown person she had examined on November 6, 2012.
Jason Glinton, of Devil’s Point, Cat Island, is on trial for the October 2012 murder of Fortis Moncur, who was the caretaker at Island Hopping resort where Glinton was employed at the time.
He is alleged to have committed the crime between October 5 and 18 of that year. Police found the deceased’s charred remains shortly before midnight on October 18 after officers were notified of a “strange odour” in the area of a track road in Devil’s Point.
Glinton, who is on bail, has denied the allegation and is defended by Murrio Ducille.
Kendra Kelly and Linda Evans are prosecuting the case.
The pathologist told Ms Kelly yesterday that she had secured and contained tooth, bone and soft muscle tissue samples before submitting them to the Royal Bahamas Police Force’s forensics lab to be sent off for DNA analysis.
When cross-examined by Glinton’s lawyer, Murrio Ducille, Dr Sands was asked which date she had received a report from Fairfax Identity Lab in Richmond, Virginia.
The pathologist said she could not recall the specific date, but knew it was not in 2014.
“All you know is up to November 6, 2012, there was no identification?” Mr Ducille asked. The pathologist agreed with the suggestion.
In re-examination by Ms Kelly, Dr Sands said the report from Fairfax came to her “on or around the time I issued the death certificate, which was done in January 2013.”
The results from the report, she said, led her to identify the remains of the unknown person.
The trial resumes today before Justice Carolita Bethell.
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