Panaji: Murdered British teenager Scarlette Keeling’s vital organs were found missing during the third autopsy, the lawyer representing her mother Fiona Mackeown confirmed. Scarlette’s body was flown to the UK on March 30.
The latest revelation has kicked up a new row but Goan forensic experts said there is no foul play.
Vikram Varma, the lawyer representing Fiona said the Coroner court in Devonshire, had found that vital body parts like stomach, kidneys and uterus were missing during the third autopsy.
"Fiona is shocked and disturbed about this when she came to know," Varma said.
Fiona, who was in the UK in connection with the burial of her daughter, said she is going to go to come back to India sooner than expected after the findings of the third autopsy.
According to a British newspaper, pathologist Dr Gayn Fernando attached to the Coroner court in Devonshire opened Scarlette's body to conduct the third autopsy.
But, forensic experts in Goa said the absence of Scarlette's vital body organs is not a mystery but mandatory requirement of the forensic practice.
"Two autopsies were conducted on the body and for each autopsy half of each kidney is removed. So it's but natural that both the kidneys are not existing," a forensic expert who was the part of one of the autopsy conducted on Scarlette's body told PTI.
Two autopsies were conducted on Scarlette’s body in Goa medical college and hospital by two different sets 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.
Scarlette'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.
"These organs (which were discovered as missing) are required for the qualitative and scientific examination of the cause of the death," a forensic expert, who requested
anonymity, said.
The Goa forensic experts said that whatever was removed from the body is well documented and its reports are sent along with the body, which was flown to the UK on March 30.
The Goan forensic professionals said that in case of any Indian dying in UK, the body is sent without any vital organs or viscera.
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