by Maria Bradshaw

THREE WEEKS after the mysterious deaths of her two children, Keisha Reynolds is yet to find out how they died and still to have the bodies released to her for burial.

Yesterday, when the DAILY NATION visited the 22-year-old mother, she reported that up to this day no one had contacted her about the autopsies, which were supposed to be performed on the bodies of her five-year-old son Deshawn and her two day-old baby Akeel.

Deshawn died on June 12, after he was rushed to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH) from the Bay Primary School, which he attended, in an unconscious state. Reports indicate that he stumbled to a teacher, vomiting through his nose and mouth before he collapsed.

Keisha was in the labour ward at the QEH when her son was rushed there. She later gave birth to baby Akeel. However, two days later he also died after she was allowed to take him home.

Keisha and her mother Donna Reynolds said the last time they heard anything was when they visited the Government Forensics Laboratory to identify the bodies.

"After I identified the bodies a doctor took me to a room with the rest of my relatives and told me that they would get back to me soon with the results. I am still waiting," she said.

She said the funeral director had also contacted the laboratory but was informed that the post mortem had not yet been carried out.

"My sister came in from the United States to attend the funeral and several people have been calling me asking when I am going to bury my children. Everything is prepared. Everything done plan; all I am waiting for is the bodies. It is stress every day and nobody is calling me to tell me anything," she cried.

Loraine Alleyne, Deputy Director of the Government Forensics Laboratory, told the DAILY NATION she could not divulge any details about the post mortem.

"We can't comment because of the nature of what we are dealing with," she said. "It is a legal matter and our role is to carry out the scientific analysis. There is an investigation going on and we are just one of the agencies involved."

Senior Superintendent of Police Morgan Greaves, who is in charge of the investigation, could not be reached for comment.

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