The post mortem findings on the bodies of Joel and Isaiah Henry were announced on Wednesday. The post mortem was conducted at Memorial Gardens, Le Repentir Cemetery.
Attorney at law Nigel Hughes is representing the interests of the families of the dead boys who were both teenagers.
The Post mortem on both bodies was witnessed by the police after the relatives identified them.
“In the case of Joel, he had 18 wounds. What we suspect was the fatal wound, severed his spine from the back,” Mr Hughes said.
He added that there were also several head injuries. “He had what we would call several chops to the head. The pathologist suspected that those after he got those wounds he fell to the ground and was on the ground when that wound that severed his spine was inflicted.”
Mr Hughes also reported on the further findings of the post mortem on Joel Henry.
“There was evidence that he bit his tongue. Joel Henry also had several defensive wounds on his hands. He had about four or five wounds on his hands.
“He got several incise wounds that came from a sharp instrument. He fell and then the chop that severed his neck.”
Mr Hughes said that the findings are pretty nasty. The fatal wound on Joel Henry was 14 inches long, three inches wide and six inches deep. This one severed the spine.
Isaiah Henry had no defensive wounds on his hands.
“He had a lot more wounds to his head. In his case his spine was severed between the second and third vertebrae. The measurements of his wounds were 14 inches by four inches and six inches in depth.”
Mr Hughes said that the absence of defensive wounds on the hands would suggest that the number of chops he would have sustained to the head would have caused him to fall to the ground. The wound that severed the spine was inflicted while he was on the ground.
He said that the wounds on the body have been video recorded and would be shared with pathologists in Canada for their determination.
The doctor suspected that the two boys would have died about 36 hours prior to the time they were found.
