Bike found! Fireman’s burial halted as suspicion of foul play arises
Information reaching our news centre is that the discovery of deceased fireman Shaqhoi Smith’s motorcycle has led to an increased suspicion surrounding his death and ultimately a stoppage of his burial to conduct an autopsy.
Smith was involved in a scooter accident on April 18 and succumbed to his injuries at the Dr D Orlando Smith Hospital on April 22.
Smith’s motorcycle was not found at the scene when police arrived on the scene. However, the motorcycle was recently found intact.
A scheduled viewing and funeral service was held on May 21, 2022, but when it was time for the burial, the body was returned to the funeral home after the service and not to the burial ground.
A source close to the family said the family had always suspected there was some foul play involved in the fire officer’s untimely demise. It is our understanding that the recent discovery of Smith’s intact motorcycle confirmed the family’s fears of suspected wrongdoing.
This led to a request for an autopsy and stalling the burial of the fire officer to determine the exact cause of death and rule out the possibility of foul play.
Our news centre reached out to the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force for comment but no answer was received up to publication time.
BVI News will provide updates as they become available.
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This guy was found of on road as he did and died due to such and these people at the funeral/police did check to do an autopsy on the body
This should of been the number 1 reason for an autopsy. Sad that they had to wait so long for such
ask fireman g**** what happened to puzzy
great photo showing the carelessness of our people and the disregard for helmet laws.
AND THIS IS A FIRE SERVICES EMPLOYEE!!!!
Ban all scooters
Yet no mention as to WHERE the bike was found
An autopsy was done. Just before the burial, the police contacted the family about some new developments and that a second autopsy is required.
This article is mind boggling. So just how did they know it was a scooter accident if the scooter was not found on the scene. If the scooter was found weeks later why was it deemed unnecessary for an autopsy in the first place. Again why was it called a scooter accident when the scooter wasn’t on the scene and now that the scooter was found “intact”
FACTS. Can we please look over my home boy, Big Stash in vg Death too? His scooter was not at the site either and when they did find it, his scooter was in tact. RVIPF please open back that case also.
THEM SAY IS HIS COWORKER TIME WILL TELL
Lord wha he couldda do that co worker so buddy?
His coworker??? A man helping someone in such tragic circumstances is now a suspect?? This young man is a role model to his peers.You insinuating pure ignorance….
Why is the fireman in the photo not wearing a helmet?
yes the killer is his coworker and was at the funeral
You sure are despicable human being to even think such a thing. You looking to instigate utter rubbish talk. Do you know anything about that coworker?? I know him and it’s sad you would even conjure up such reckless, thoughtless and wicked thoughts about a good Samaritan. I guess many will think twice before they render assistance in such circumstances thanks to people such as you.
Some people only wear the costume of a good Samaritan. In fact, quite often the most “good” people are the most guilty. There are clubs full of them; people lining up to do “good” works to make up for the wicked things they do in private.
Wow, why is it always the ones closes to Us who wants to see US dead. RVIPF please check out ALL his Coworkers. The Streets don’t lie. Start from the Inside Out. To much rotten bad apples among these places.
Karma is a b**ch.
yes, time will tell
Waiting to hear more about this saga.
Why do you think the corrupt cops are trying to cover their tracks? Smells like rate in the police force. Please help us UK!
Again. Hope the cops do some better detective work than the last murder case when all the defendants got off.
Why is riding without any sort of safety equipment the norm in this territory?? Men, women, school children, little children in the laps of adults, government employees, etc. Nobody wears helmets, etc. And it is completely allowed by law enforcement. I find this completely bizarre.
No helmet, no brains.
People that is just a random picture of a fire Officer riding a scooter. It is not the same office who die. Stop being so quick to say all those bad things. Why we always ready to paint others black anytime somethings happen to them.
I filled in a survey on VINO and when I saw the results it noted that people consider the police the most corrupt govt or statutory body in the VI. I selected police too. They are a joke.
Yes, bvi po-po are walking imbeciles for the most part, allegedly. Dont bother call them if you are the victim. They will protect the perpetrators and threaten the victims. It’s like talking to a dumb wall. No hope.
At survey says…That’s not true
WHERE was the scooter “found”?
So if it was a bike accident how is the bike intact annnddd after not seeing the bike on the scene how did they come to the conclusion that it was a bike accident in the first place smdh
If no Scooter was on scene how was it deemed a Scooter Accident? With no vehicle or sccoter present, why wasn’t his death treated as suspicious from get go? Scooter was not found at scene but found days later. Where was it found and Who found it? Who did the repairs? The truth will come out sooner or later. Tongue and teeth does fall out.
Now I do not recall if a photo was shown on the media.
However let sum up what I think happened.
The killer whomever he/they are arranged for a meet up that night or night before with the victim.
The victim not knowing he just made an arrangement with that seal his fate. Was maybe under the assumption he is going to either chill with a friend or about to resolve a problem.
Whereby the victim maybe was tortured and questioned by these ma
This is the type of laziness and shitty work the police be doing and have the heart to be asking for increment. This should have been looked into a long time ago, they have seen enough bike accident scenes to have known if this was an accident or not. The hospital has seen enough bike accident victims to know if the injuries were caused by a bike accident or not. No one doing there job.