The file con­tain­ing the find­ings of the months-long in­ves­ti­ga­tion in­to the dis­cov­ery of Han­nah Mathu­ra’s skele­tal re­mains, which were found in a shal­low grave back in March, re­mains in the hands of the Di­rec­tor of Pub­lic Pros­e­cu­tions (DPP).

As­sis­tant Com­mis­sion­er of Po­lice (ACP) Ad­min­is­tra­tion and Spe­cial Op­er­a­tions Richard Smith con­firmed this yes­ter­day.

“The file is still with the DPP, so I am anx­ious­ly await­ing any re­sponse as it re­lates to Han­nah Mathu­ra,” he said.

Smith spoke at a me­dia brief­ing at the Po­lice Ad­min­is­tra­tion Build­ing, Port-of-Spain.

Mathu­ra’s re­mains were re­cov­ered by po­lice of­fi­cers buried in the back­yard of the fam­i­ly com­pound at Bu­tu Road, Val­sayn, on March 12, af­ter a fam­i­ly mem­ber tipped off of­fi­cers.

Po­lice were work­ing on the the­o­ry that Mathu­ra was killed and then buried in the back­yard in June 2017.

At the time of her death, Mathu­ra would have been 18 years old.

Act­ing DPP Joan Hon­ore-Paul told Guardian Me­dia on Sep­tem­ber 3 that a de­ci­sion on what charges, if any, were to be laid would have been an­nounced by the end of last month.

Mathu­ra’s par­ents were ar­rest­ed fol­low­ing the dis­cov­ery but lat­er re­leased with­out any charges laid against them.

An au­top­sy re­vealed the teen may have been shot in the head.

— An­na-Lisa Paul