No Drugs or Illegal Substance Found in Royal Kahal Hotel Room

According to Gian Cho, Director of the National Forensics Science Services, investigators didn’t find any illegal drugs in the hotel room. However, Commissioner of Police Chester Williams informed reporters this afternoon that a carbon monoxide test was conducted on the same day the bodies were discovered. Although those results came back negative, another test was later carried out by the Department of the Environment. Williams mentioned that they are still waiting for those results to be provided in writing.

 

Gian Cho, Director, National Forensics Science Services

“So no illegal drugs, no illicit drugs, and the results revealed that the three victims all had fatal exposure to carbon monoxide.  So carbon monoxide is being revealed, or has been revealed as the contributing or underlying exposure that led to the acute pulmonary edema which was the final cause of death.”

 

Chester Williams, Commissioner of Police

“The same day when the, or the following day, rather, after the bodies were found, tests were done inside the room for carbon monoxide and the test result was negative.  Nonetheless, following information that we have gotten through the US Embassy, supported by what you all from the media had reported, there were some reports coming from persons who had stayed at the room before, indicating that they had used their own carbon monoxide tester and had detected carbon monoxide in one of the rooms.  That prompted us to do another round of testing for carbon monoxide.  Again, that was done by the Department of the Environment and [the National Fire Service] and we are still awaiting the results of that test that they did the second time around.  So we have not received that in writing the second time around.”

 

Reporter

“ComPol, however, the Department of the Environment, the chief had said that they had detected levels of carbon monoxide, but you are saying that nothing has been sent in writing.  Like what could be leading to that delay?”

 

Chester Williams

“Indeed, we have not received anything in writing from them and again, we have always been focused on the fact that we want to await the results coming from the National Forensics [Science] Services that they had sent abroad.  We believe that that would have been a more accurate and conclusive finding and so we would have preferred to use that as the official release to indicate a cause of death.  We are happy that the Forensics Department has now received that report, giving us a better insight in terms of a conclusive cause of death.”