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ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada — Police in Grenada have charged a man with non-capital murder in the death of a New Brunswick woman who disappeared more than a week ago on the small Caribbean island.
Assistant Supt. Sylvan McIntyre of the Royal Grenada Police Force says Akim Frank appeared in court today in St. George’s to face the charge, which carries a penalty of life imprisonment.
McIntyre says the charge is laid in cases where the victim is not involved in civic or national duties.
The 26-year-old Frank turned himself in Friday after being wanted in connection with the disappearance of Linnea Veinotte, a mother of two young boys who was last seen jogging with her dog.
McIntyre says Veinotte’s cause of death was determined to be blunt force trauma to the chest and lower limbs as a result of being struck by a vehicle.
Police had said earlier that her dog had been hit by a car, but that it wasn’t clear at the time that Veinotte had also been struck.
A Facebook page says Veinotte was born in New Denmark, N.B., and has a home in Nova Scotia.
The 36-year-old recently moved to the island with her family and was working as a learning specialist at St. George’s University.
