The parents of nine-year-old Chantel Crump are pressing police to release the findings of a second autopsy, saying they cannot wait until November to learn what killed their daughter.
Chantel’s parents are due to meet Police Commissioner Everton Jeffers on Monday to request the report, which was recently completed by an overseas pathologist. Police have told the family the results will only be disclosed in court on 5 November.
“We have waited for months,” her father said. “We are her parents. We deserve to know what killed our child.”
Chantel was abducted on her way home from Five Islands Primary School earlier this year. She was later found dead in Weatherhills. A 20-year-old woman, Angela Mejia, has been charged with her murder.
The first autopsy was inconclusive, leading investigators to send tissue samples abroad. The Crumps say the delay in receiving answers has deepened their grief. “We have suffered enough,” her father said. “We just want the truth.”
