The body which washed ashore at Hope, To­ba­go, on Tues­day has been iden­ti­fied as that of Trinidad res­i­dent Sta­cy Sama­roo.

Sama­roo, 36, of Gol­con­da Vil­lage, San Fer­nan­do, had re­port­ed­ly been va­ca­tion­ing in To­ba­go be­fore she dis­ap­peared. She was iden­ti­fied for the po­lice by her moth­er via sev­er­al tat­toos she had on parts of her body. The woman's moth­er trav­elled to the is­land af­ter hear­ing re­ports of the in­ci­dent in Hope on Tues­day.

Ac­cord­ing to po­lice, around 3 pm on Tues­day, of­fi­cers were on pa­trol along Wind­ward Road, Mt St George, when they were alert­ed by res­i­dents.