The three suspects arrested on suspicion of murdering Cayman Brac toddler Alissady Azalea Powell have been released on bail with conditions.
Police confirmed on Friday that the suspects had been released, saying that no charges had been laid against them, following Cayman Compass queries.
A 32-year-old woman, a 33-year-old man and a 26-year-old woman, all of whom reside in Bodden Town, were arrested on 11 Dec. on suspicion of murder – two years and five months after the little girl’s body was found on the ironshore on the southern coast of Cayman Brac.
The conditions of their bail have not been released.
The Compass has asked whether the police investigation file has been handed over to the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions and is awaiting a response.
Police have said they will not name the suspects, as is their policy.
While the Compass is aware of the identities of those arrested, as per our newspaper’s policy, we will not be naming them until or unless they are charged.
Alissady was reported missing from her home at 5:15am on 26 July 2022 and she was found around 9:30am that same morning.
Police Commissioner Kurt Walton, in a media conference following the arrests, confirmed that the two-year-old girl was dead before she was placed in the water where she was subsequently found.
A new forensic evidence finding confirmed that the child was strangled, prompting investigators to arrest the three people who were last with the child.
The new finding, which was delivered in a report from UK forensic pathologist Dr. Brett Lockyer, was “ballpark consistent” with the independent forensic report commissioned by Alissady’s mother Yvané Dixon-Powell in April last year.
At least 10 medical and forensic experts were involved in the investigation into the toddler’s death, including paediatric forensic pathologists and child death investigators.
Superintendent Peter Lansdown, who has strategic oversight of the case, told journalists last week that “the final result from our pathologist is an unnatural death, not consistent with drowning”, adding that the most recent medical findings on the child’s cause of death were “compression of the neck, smothering or strangulation”.
He said the child was killed some time in the early hours on the day that she was reported missing.
The investigation is ongoing.
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