Liberia: Husband of Dead LRA Employee Says His Wife's Remains Had Bruises; Slams Government's Autopsy Report

MONROVIA, Nov. 26 -- Mr. Sylvester Lama, the husband of the late Gifty Lama, who was found, along with Mr. Albert Peters, dead in a vehicle on Broad Street on October 1, 2020, has rejected the autopsy report provided by the government. The state-sponsored autopsy concluded among others that the two Liberia Revenue Authority (LRA) employees died from Carbon Monoxide.

Presenting the report, Justice Minister Frank Musah Dean said the pair died as a result of inhaling Carbon Monoxide from gasoline/hydrocarbon fumes and fumes from defective exhaust system in the floor of the car.

Appearing on a local radio morning program on Sky FM 107.1, Mr. Lama said, "Bruises on the remains of his wife that I saw at the funeral home, suggest that she was to...