Scarlett’s vital organs found missing in autopsy

Scarlett’s vital organs found missing in autopsy

Scarlett’s vital organs found missing in autopsy

Sunday, 13 April , 2008, 18:09
Last Updated: Sunday, 13 April , 2008, 18:35

Panaji: The vital organs from the body of Scarlett Eden Keeling were found missing during an autopsy in the UK, the lawyer representing Fiona Mackeown confirmed.


This was the third autopsy on Scarlett’s body. The first two were conducted in Goa Medical College and Hospital here by two different set of doctors.

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"Fiona is disturbed about this when she came to know," Vikram Varma, lawyer of Scarlett's mother Fiona Mackeown, said.

During the second level postmortem, the coroner court in Devonshire found that vital body parts like stomach, kidneys and uterus were missing.

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.

Scarlett'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 would 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.

According to a report in a newspaper on Sunday, pathologist Dr Gayn Fernando, attached to the coroner court in Devonshire, opened Scarlett's body to conduct a third autopsy and found that the body parts were missing.