Po­lice Com­mis­sion­er Al­lis­ter Gue­var­ro has con­firmed that the death of WPC Anusha Ever­s­ley was caused by stran­gu­la­tion, as in­ves­ti­ga­tions con­tin­ue in­to the case and the theft of firearms.

CoP Gue­var­ro gave the up­date on Mon­day af­ter­noon.

“Cor­po­ral Ever­s­ley was in­deed a shock­ing mo­ment to the na­tion, and the heist of sev­er­al weapons and am­mu­ni­tion—that is an ex­treme con­cern to the TTPS,” the CoP said. “So, the Trinidad and To­ba­go Po­lice Ser­vice can con­firm at this point in time that the au­top­sy on Mu­nic­i­pal Po­lice Of­fi­cer Cor­po­ral Anusha Ever­s­ley was com­plet­ed to­day. The cause of death has been de­ter­mined as stran­gu­la­tion, ac­com­pa­nied by blunt force and sharp force trau­mat­ic in­juries to the body.”