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Vol. 01, June 24th, 2019
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Bahamas News Ma Bey
NEWS
AUTOPSY SAYS BAHAMIANS
ACCIDENTALLY FELL IN RIVER!??
Autopsy reports on the bodies of the 2 Bahamian men who were pulled from the Po river
in Turin, Italy on June 4thand 5thconfirm that Alrae Ramsey, 29, Foreign Service Officer and
Blair John, 28, a psychology Ph.D. student accidentally fell to their deaths and drowned on
May 30th. The results have ruled the duo’s death as accidental and confirm that no foul play
had been uncovered.
Additional details in the report indicate that both men had alcohol in their system before
somehow falling into the river. However, the toxicology report conducted on both men
indicates that alcohol levels would not have been so high as to make either of them drunk.
Investigators, in an effort to map out a timeline of events, suggest that it is possible that one
of the men could have slipped into the water, or jumped, and the other would have allegedly
drowned while attempting to help him.
Italian authorities said analysis is still in progress to confirm additional details about the
drowning – in particular, looking for altered values in tissues which are markers of this type
of death.
Now that investigators have completed the preliminary rounds of investigations, additional
investigations will be launched into determining why both men ended up in the river and
exactly which area they had fallen from.
Italian authorities will also comb Ramsey and John’s electronic devices for additional clues.
Both bodies have been cleared by international authorities to be repatriated to The Bahamas,
according to the foreign affairs ministry.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed Wednesday that its foreign service officer is
currently in Turin and is working assiduously with funeral homes in Turin and Nassau to have
the bodies repatriated as quickly as possible.
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