31 year-old Lavina Griffith of Grand Turk has been charged with attempting to pervert the course of Justice in the ongoing Kevino “Bah” Smith murder investigation.
According to a Police statement on (Friday 24th February), detectives of the Royal Turks and Caicos Islands Police Force have formally charged and cautioned the woman.
Griffith who appeared in the Grand Turk Magistrate’s Court on (Thursday March 2nd) pleaded not guilty to the charges laid before her.
Last month three Grand Turk women ages 19, 28 and 53 were re-arrested on suspicion charges.
However, the two other females who were previously arrested have been released from all bail obligations.
Prior to their arrest, 3 males on Grand Turk and Providenciales, ages 24, 25 and 31yrs were charged with the murder of Kevino Smith of Grand Turk.
The men appeared in court on February 3 where the matter was heard by Magistrate Tanya Lobban Jackson in Court 1 Providenciales where Krishna Penn, Conrad Thomas Jr and Lamar Griffiths were arraigned.
Penn is being represented by Laura Maroof; Oliver Smith is representing for 31-year old Lamar Griffiths and Smith served as attorney in lieu for Conrad Thomas Jr when his lawyer, Keith Thomas, could not appear on his behalf.
The men will appear in the Grand Turk Supreme Court for a sufficiency hearing on April 7.
It has been two years since 25-year-old Smith went missing after a reported heated confrontation
Kevino Smith was reported missing by his family on Friday 6th March 2015.
After continuous and extensive searches, his body was found on Thursday 16th April in the Breezy Brae area of Grand Turk by members of the community.
Young Smith’s family, especially his mother Patsy Smith, have been highly critical of the handling of the investigation, regularly writing on social media, that her boy had been forgotten. Smith’s dismembered remains were found in Breezy Brae, Grand Turk, in late April 2015 following an aggressive police search. And it was in July that police finally confirmed that the remains discovered were indeed that of young Smith.
Subsequent to the discovery of his body, several suspects have been arrested on suspicion and some are currently on bail for numerous offences which include murder, conspiracy to commit murder and perverting the course of justice.
The police, in a statement on their facebook page, said: “We are determined to establish what happened to Kevino and how he came to lose his life, which we hope will bring some closure and small comfort to his family.
