Panaji: Vital Organs of Scarlett Found Missing during Third Autopsy
PTI
Panaji, Apr 13: The vital organs from body of Scarlett Eden Keeling, whose body was flown to UK, were found missing during the third autopsy, the lawyer representing Fiona Mackeown confirmed.
''Fiona is disturbed about this when she came to know,'' Vikram Varma, Fiona's lawyer said.
The Coroner court in Devonshire, UK during the second level post-mortem had found that vital body parts like stomach, kidneys and uterus are missing.
Two autopsies were conducted on Scarlett's body in Goa medical college and hospital here by two different set of doctors.
Dr Silvano Sapeco, who conducted the first autopsy, stands suspended from the job while second autopsy had recommended that the death be investigated as murder.
Scarlett's bruised corpse was found at Anjuna beach on February 18.
''The letter for formal confirmation on the facts of missing body parts has been sent by Fiona to the coroner's office in Devonshire,'' Varma said.
The lawyer said he will also take up the matter with Goa authorities including Goa medical college and hospital.
''We want to ascertain the facts and circumstances of this unacceptable situation,'' he said.
According to a report in a newspaper on Sunday, pathologist Dr Gayn Fernando attached to the Coroner court in Devonshire, UK, opened Scarlett's body to conduct a third autopsy and found that the body parts were missing.
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