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Over Two Years Later Jurors To Rule Whether Or Not SSP Dathan Henry Was Murdered

Dayton-Henry
Dayton-Henry

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Coroner Patrick Murphy has hand­ed over the case to jurors who are now to deter­mine whether Senior Superintendent Dayton Henry was mur­dered. Murphy hand­ed over the case to the juror for delib­er­a­tion after two hours of sum­ma­tion and instruc­tion. Henry, who head­ed the tough Clarendon Police Division, passed away from health com­pli­ca­tions in May 2012 after being admit­ted to the Intensive Care Unit at the Kingston Public Hospital, after falling ill. His death sparked sus­pi­cion and an inquest was con­vened to deter­mine if Henry was mur­dered. Reportedly, a pathol­o­gist report has stat­ed that a chem­i­cal found in rat poi­son was present in the senior cop’s sys­tem. Murphy is expect­ed to hand over the case to jurors who will deter­mine if Henry was mur­dered. jamaicaob​serv​er​.com

This medi­um is at a loss in under­stand­ing why it took all of this time for a Coroner’s Inquest to con­clude it’s find­ings. SSP Henry passed away a full 27 months ago. Why are Jurors just now being asked to deter­mine whether he was mur­dered? What kind of inves­tiga­tive Protocol is that anyway?

Now I am a lit­tle Leary that there was­n’t even a prop­er inves­ti­ga­tion going on while it took this pathet­ic process to play out. Is there an active file with wit­ness state­ments? Did Investigators put poten­tial sus­pect on record by col­lect­ing state­ments from them? (This includes, but is not con­fined to SSP Henry’s wife or com­mon law partner.

What did the Investigation yield in the process, if any­thing? Why do I have the feel­ing that noth­ing sub­stan­tive was done pend­ing the out­come of this snail-paced Coroner’s Inquest. 

How will jurors decide whether or not SSP Henry was mur­dered with just what is alleged­ly placed before them? There are active Ingredients that may be found in poi­sons , traces of which may actu­al­ly be found in our food , water, or even med­i­cines. Does that prove mur­der? I think not . All it says is that the per­son did not die from nat­ur­al causes.