Death aboard a ship seems to be a criminal act
DIARIO Aruba
3/20/2006

ORANJESTAD (AAN): It seems that in Aruba, authorities immediately ‘guli manda abao’ [swallowed?] the story of the crew members of the ‘Rachel S’ ship, which arrived in Aruba the Sunday of Carnaval Grandi with a dead person on board.

There is a big possibility that the crew members ‘played a comedy’ which apparently turned bad, to cover up a possible crime that was committed on board.

The autopsy conducted in Aruba deduced that Bernard Ramsaran, 50 years of age, died of heart failure.

But now, an autopsy conducted in his country of Trinidad & Tobago, has deduced that Bernard died of something more sinister, ‘traumatic asphyxia’, which indicates that was strangled and choked! His death is nothing natural! It is a crime which took place on the high seas and now Interpol is involved.

The question is, how could Aruban authorities not discover this? The Trinidad & Tobago authorities discovered that Bernard’s body even had several marks of violence. Last Saturday, he was buried in his town of Rio Claro.

Interpol’s first mission is to find two of the crew members who possibly ‘lied’ about things turning bad immediately to divert the Aruban authorities who apparently also fell in the trap. Again, a negative light is directed towards Aruba and its police force.

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	Interpol agents on murder case Richard Charan Monday, March 20th 2006

Local homicide officers have contacted Interpol to help them find two men they hope can help solve the strange case of a Rio Claro man who was invited to the United States, but who ended up in Jamaica and died in Aruba. An initial autopsy in Aruba on the body of Bernard Ramsaran, 59, concluded that he died of heart failure. A second autopsy done at the request of his family found something more sinister - traumatic asphyxia - which indicated he was strangled. Ramsaran's family declined to speak to the Daily Express yesterday. However, investigators were told that in early February Ramsaran, of Agostini Road, Rio Claro, was contacted by a friend with whom he worked aboard a ship five years ago. The friend reportedly offered Ramsaran a job in Texas. Ramsaran left the country, but on February 5, called his family from Jamaica to say he would be returning to Trinidad by sea. On Carnival Sunday, a caller from Aruba contacted Ramsaran's family to say he had died and asked for two family members to come to the island to identify the body. The family reported declined but an autopsy was done. Ramsaran's body was returned to Trinidad on March 4, and an autopsy paid for by the family was done. The finding was traumatic asphyxia and unnatural death. The family reported the findings to police. Ramsaran's body was found to have several marks of violence. He was buried on Saturday after a funeral at his home. San Fernando Hom-icide Bureau officers are investigating.