‘We don’t want the police to rush the investigation and charge the wrong people’
ber 7th in the Intensive Care Unit of the Georgetown Public Hospital.
A post-mortem examination revealed that she died as a result of brain haemorrhaging and blunt trauma to the brain.
Branche was seen leaving the Blue Martini nightclub on Upper Lamaha Street in Newtown on November 4 in the company of the two on-duty constables. After leaving the nightclub, the trio had ventured to a barbeque spot on Mandela Avenue.
From there, one of the constables said, she left with a taxi.
The two police constables and Branche’s ex-partner were deemed “persons of interest” in her death and were held for questioning before being released.
A man who was allegedly seen with Branche in the nightclub and another who was accused of last being in contact with her based on phone records were also detained for questioning but were also released.
A car, PMM 242, was also impounded but investigators are yet to apprehend the owner, Mathew Munroe. Munroe left the country the day after Branche’s body was discovered.
He had reportedly told the police that he had left the country to attend his niece’s 16th birthday and that he had nothing to do with Branche’s death. He is set to return to the country soon as he has indicated that he is willing to cooperate with the police in an effort to clear his name.