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Brothers found dead ‘in relaxed position’ in USVI

An area of Mary’s Fancy: Two brothers were found dead on Monday morning, August 19, 2019 lying in a relaxed position in their Mary’s Fancy home on St Croix, US Virgin Islands (USVI). Photo: VIC
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FREDERIKSTED, St Croix, USVI — Two brothers, one of them a Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) employee, were found dead on Monday morning, August 19, 2019 lying in a relaxed position in their Mary’s Fancy home on St Croix, US Virgin Islands (USVI) [US] Virgin Islands Police Department (VIPD) Public Information Officer Glen Dratte has announced.

According to police, the house is the home of 69-year-old John Rapine, the FEMA employee. The other deceased, John’s brother, was identified as 61-year-old Joseph Rapine.

Mr Dratte said the 911 emergency call center received a call at 11:09 am Monday for a welfare check on a FEMA employee who did not show up for work. When officers arrived at the home, they discovered the two unresponsive males in the interior of the house.

A preliminary investigation revealed no signs of foul play, Mr Dratte said.

Mr Dratte added that Criminal Investigation Bureau (CIB) detectives were awaiting the results of the autopsies to determine the cause of death.

The case remains under investigation by CIB. Both men were identified by next of kin.

2 Responses to “Brothers found dead ‘in relaxed position’ in USVI”

  • GG (20/08/2019, 16:17) Like (23) Dislike (1) Reply
    Songs like carbon monoxide poisoning I remember one morning when I was living in the state my self my son and then wife could not get out of bed it was my niece who woke us up the gas heat was on and the carbon monoxide had already started working on us thank god my niece was in another room that was further down the hall.we would not have been here today
  • rock city (20/08/2019, 20:43) Like (3) Dislike (0) Reply
    RIP


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