ComPol Rosado Says No Criminal Offense Found in Little Gabriel’s Death

Police have confirmed that no criminal offense was committed in the tragic death of six-year-old Gabriel Orellano, a student at Stella Maris School, who drowned at sea after leaving the school premises unsupervised on Monday, February 3.

Little Gabriel managed to exit the school through the main entrance. A few short hours later, he was found drowned in the nearby sea. The case prompted two investigations, one by the Ministry of Education and another by the police.

Despite the completion of the police investigation months ago, no public update was given until Friday when newly appointed Commissioner of Police Dr Richard Rosado was questioned during the teachers’ demonstration. 

Rosado told reporters that “the file was forwarded to the director of public prosecution office, and from what I can recollect, it was ‘no criminal offense was committed or were committed,’ and it was an internal issue that needed to be addressed by the institution.”

Rosado clarified that the matter was considered an internal issue to be handled by the school “because certain things should have been put in place.”