A sec­ond per­son has been charged with the mur­der of El­lena Di­al.

Di­al died on Au­gust 17th from third-de­gree burns which she sus­tained on Jan­u­ary 27th.

Al­liyah Far­rell, 18, of Sen­non Vil­lage, Siparia, was charged with the of­fence fol­low­ing ad­vice re­ceived from Di­rec­tor of Pub­lic Pros­e­cu­tions, Roger Gas­pard on Au­gust 20th.

Ac­cord­ing to po­lice re­ports, Di­al, 19, of Rise­land Trace, Carn­bee, was at Kil­gwyn Beach, on Jan­u­ary 27th, when she was ap­proached by as­sailants who threw a sub­stance on her and set her on fire.

She was tak­en to Scar­bor­ough Gen­er­al Hos­pi­tal for treat­ment for third-de­gree burns to her face and up­per tor­so.

She was then trans­ferred to the I.C.U. of the Er­ic Williams Med­ical Sci­ences Com­plex for fur­ther treat­ment, where she died on Au­gust 17th. On Au­gust 21st, of­fi­cers of the Spe­cial Op­er­a­tions Re­sponse Team (SORT) and Homi­cide Bu­reau of In­ves­ti­ga­tions (HBI), ar­rest­ed Far­rell at her home in Siparia.

She was hand­ed over to in­ves­ti­ga­tors who con­veyed her to To­ba­go.

In­ves­ti­ga­tions were spear­head­ed by W/Supt. Suzette Mar­tin of the HBI, while the op­er­a­tion was led by ACP (Ag.) In­raj Bal­ram and su­per­vised by Sgt. Mark Her­nan­dez of SORT. Far­rell was charged by W/Sgt.

Ster­ling of the Crown Point Po­lice Sta­tion on Au­gust 20th. She is ex­pect­ed to ap­pear be­fore a Scar­bor­ough Mag­is­trate on Au­gust 24th an­swer to the charge. An­to­nio Mar­celle, 20, of To­ba­go, was charged on Au­gust 17th.