On Saturday, May 5, 2018 about 5:15 p.m. officers attached to the Soufriere Police Station responded to a report of a suspected drowning off the coast of Barons Drive, Soufriere.
Ricardo Mitchel, a forty (40) year old resident of Market Road, Soufriere had reportedly gone swimming earlier that day. His lifeless body was found submerged in the Soufriere Bay.
A post mortem examination is scheduled for today, Monday, May 07, 2018.







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