Deaths of American security officers on board MV Maersk Alabama |30 April 2014

Toxicologist report shows no foul play

There was no foul play in the deaths of American security officers Mark Kennedy and Jeffrey Reynolds, the police have said.

The two former United States of America’s Navy seal members were found dead in a cabin of MV Maersk Alabama in Port Victoria on February 18, 2014.

In a communiqué released yesterday, the police wrote that forensic analysis done by toxicologists on stomach contents and blood samples of the two officers sent to Mauritius has revealed no trace of any poison, thus ruling out foul play.

The same analysis carried out on the heroin sample discovered and seized by the police in the cabin had a purity of the heroin at 44% and blood sample analysis has as well shown that the two men had also been consuming alcohol.

The communiqué adds that after analysing the reports from Mauritius, local pathologist concluded that both Reynolds and Kennedys’ heart failure had been as a result of a combination of heroin and alcohol consumption.

After the two Americans were found dead in a cabin, the local police discovered and seized among others, exhibits like pills, syringes and a certain quantity of a substance which was later confirmed to contain traces of heroin.

Post mortem results carried out on the two security officers employed with a USA security firm, Trident Security, revealed that they had both died from heart failure.
The case has now been forwarded to the Attorney General’s office for further consultation.