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Six days after her daughter’s body was found lying on a dirty mattress inside a plywood shack at Palo Seco, 25-year-old Deniel Rechier was charged with the child’s murder.
Rechier was expected to appear before a Siparia Magistrate yesterday, charged with the murder of her seven-year-old daughter Mc Kenzie Hope Rechier.
An autopsy conducted on the child’s body earlier this week revealed that she died from manual strangulation.
In a statement yesterday, the T&T Police Service stated that Rechier, of Palo Seco, was charged on Thursday after officers received instructions from acting Director of Public Prosecutions Joan Honore-Paul.
Supt Sean Dhillpaul, ASP Persad and Insp Jones, of the Homicide Bureau of Investigations Region III, supervised the investigations, while PC Bhola laid the charge.
Hope was found dead on August 20 on a mattress at her home at 7 Road Extension in Palo Seco. It is believed she was killed the day before.