After an arduous search for Canadian Linnea Veinotte, 36, who went missing Dec. 6, Akim Frank was charged with her death. The search was conducted in Grenada, the Caribbean island where Veinotte had recently moved with her family and was working as a learning specialist at St. George's University, reported the Globe and Mail. It appears she died from a hit-and-run accident.
An SUV had been linked to an accident near Veinotte's home and when Grenada officials found the car, they initiated a search for Frank, who turned himself in a few hours later, reported the Globe and Mail. Veinotte's body was found and identified Dec. 11.
The charges against Frank are of non-capital murder, meaning that her death was not intentional. The cause of death was shown to be blunt force trauma to the chest and lower limbs, caused by being hit by a car, explained Assistant Superintendant Sylvan McIntyre, of the Royal Grenada Police Force, according to the Globe and Mail.
"Members within the community did indicate that they did hear the screeching of a vehicle in the area and an impact. It was very evident that an impact had taken place," said McIntyre, according to CBC.
Veinotte went missing Dec. 6 while out for a jog with her dog. She was born in New Brunswick and lived much of her life in Nova Scotia, reported the Montreal Gazette. Her father, Reverend Doug Moore, is a pastor at a church in Fredericton, New Brunswick.
"It does not seem real. I am waiting and hoping that I'll wake up from this five days of agony. I'm hurt... lost... angry... empty... and lonely," wrote Matt Veinotte, her husband and father of their young sons, according to CBC. "We are, of course, devastated at the loss of our beautiful Linnea, mother, wife, daughter, sister, and a friend to so many. We would like to thank the many hundreds of people who helped in the search and the many, many thousands in Grenada and around the world who have offered their support, kindness and prayers," he said in a statement, according to the Chronicle Herald.
"She helped people who were having a hard time to study and get through university. She liked it there," said Moore, reported the Chronicle Herald.
