Rasbert Turner, Gleaner Writer

Spanish Town, St. Catherine:

Up to late Wednesday evening, no formal charges were laid against the common-law wife of Charles Patterson, whose decomposing body was recovered from a pit latrine, in Old Harbour Bay, St Catherine, on Sunday.

When The Gleaner checked with the head of the St. Catherine South Division, Superintendent Terence Bent, he said the charges had not been laid as the police had further unanswered questions and investigations to be conducted. However, he added, the lawyer appointed to represent the 28-year-old janitor had not yet presented himself to allow the investigation to be conducted in a transparent manner and the process was as a consequence being delayed.