The Royal Saint Lucia Police Force continues to make strides in solving violent crime cases.
On Tuesday, April 13, 2021, at about 1:45 p.m. Michael Pologne alias Mad Crime of Vanard, Anse La Raye, was arrested for intentionally causing the death of Hermia Lorde on March 20, 2021, on Darling Road, Castries.
He was arrested in Choiseul, during a police operation on Sunday, April 11, 2021, and formally charged on Tuesday, April 13, 2021. He has been remanded in custody while awaiting case management.
Hermia Lorde was brutally murder on the Gros Islet bus stand when the location was at its busiest.
In full view of passengers waiting to embark on their journey to the north of the island, Lorde was shot multiple times in the head at point-blank range.




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What is the update on this case?