Click to play videoGoa: A second autopsy has now been ordered into the death of 15-year-old British girl who was found dead under suspicious circumstances on a Goa beach last month.
Scarlette’s parents believe the death was not due to drowning as the police claim. They say the injury and other bruises on her body point to a cover up.
Fiona McKeown, Scarlette's mother, has questioned the first post-mortem report that said the teenager had accidentally drowned.
“We think she had her face pushed into the sand because of the amount of the sand that was inside her nose and mouth. But the injuries all over her legs, arms and back are not fatal injuries. Somebody's done that to her before they killed her,” Fiona says.
A second post-mortem ordered by a magistrate in North Goa will now be held to find out just how Scarlette died. McKeown says she is sure her daughter was murdered.
“I saw her body for the third time today and there are more than 50 bruises on her body. I don’t know who killed her. But she was killed,” Fiona adds.
The photographs, which were taken by McKeown shortly after she saw the body on February 18, clearly show a number of bruises and cuts on Scarlette's body. Even the first autopsy had mentioned the presence of injury marks, but the Goa police did not take the investigation forward.
“Why are police lying to the mother of the girl? Why is police lying to the media? Why are police hiding information? Should we trust the men in uniform or we should get terrorised because of them?” McKeown’s advocate Vikram Varma asks.
Goa Chief Minister Digamber Kamat has said he will personally monitor the investigation. The results of the second post mortem are expected late on Friday or Saturday morning.
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