Test#55 Death Investigation
On 21 October 2010 at 21.00 hrs, United Nations Police (UNPOL)Patrol Team "Alfa", received a call from the duty officer of UN Team Site "West" regarding the death of a local man who had just passed away in the Port-au-Prince hospital. The information was received from a duty physician in the hospital. According to him, the death was the result of a knife injury. Haitian National Police were also notified, and an investigation team was dispatched to the Hospital. UNPOL Patrol Team "Alfa" proceeded to the hospital as well.
Upon UNPOL Team's arrival
at the hospital at 21.15 hours, two
local police investigators interviewed
the attending physician, Carlos
Pereira who advised that the adult black male, Raoul Cocote, a 32- year old Haitian citizen, practicing attorney,
was taken to the Port au Prince Hospital via ambulance at 20.40 hours. The
patient arrived unconscious. The
initial examination revealed a
protruding knife injury with the knife left in
the victim's chest. The victim passed away
at 20.50 hours. In the hospital, Haitian police
inspector, Mr. Arthur King, collected the knife, the victim's white shirt with
blood stains and the victim's driver's license.
At 22:30 hours,
the joint UN and Haitian
police team arrived
at the victim's residence located
at 53 Daiton Street,
Apartment 7A and contacted
Ms. Mia Teto, the victim's
girlfriend. She was a
black female Haitian, 25 years old, who
stated that at 20.00 hours two subjects forced
their way into the residence where she lived with her boyfriend
Raoul Cocote. The first subject
was described as approximately 1 m 75 cm tall, wearing blue jeans, a red shirt, military
boots and a black mask. The
second culprit was approximately l0 cm
taller wearing black pants, a blue shirt, and a white mask. The offenders had an argument
with the victim
about money. When Raoul refused
to tell them where he kept
his money, the shorter subject beat him repeatedly asking ·for some hidden money. The second
subject produced a knife and stabbed the victim two times in his chest, leaving the knife in his body. Then both
subjects ran out of the residence threatening her not to call the police, otherwise
they would return and
kill her. At about 20.15 hrs,
she called the Port au Prince Hospital
and an ambulance arrived in about 15- 20 minutes and took Raoul Cocote to the
Hospital. HNP inspector, Ms. Miranda Gaston,
processed the crime scene where she collected blood splatter
in the living room area. She was approached by Mr. Jimmy
Hodari, living on the floor above the victim's apartment, a 35-year-old local vendor.
Jimmy Hodari stated that the victim and his girlfriend
had been living together for
about a year and were going to get married. For the last 3
months the situation changed: Raoul
looked quite depressed, and they
frequently quarreled. They were facing serious financial problems and Raoul had
borrowed money from some criminals in the amount
of 10,000 dollars but he was not able to return it. The criminals demanded that Raoul become a drug courier, and this would release him from his debt. Regarding
the day of the attack, approximately at 20.00 hours Jimmy heard a noise and
loud voices coming from the victim's apartment. He went out to the small
stairway and saw the door to Raoul's
apartment opened. He noticed a black BMW
vehicle with no registration plates standing near the apartment building entrance with the engine running. The right rear light of the vehicle was broken. The driver had a huge scar over his face, and he
was wearing black fingerless gloves. He thought he might have seen him
in a local bar called the "Blue
Lagoon" where Jimmy played· pool
with his friends. In about 15 minutes, he saw two guys running out of the
second floor and rushing down the stairs. After the whole group left. he heard
a woman crying downstairs. The investigation
under the case was going on.
Note: 20 key
facts are orderly used in the report.
They are highlighted.
IO answers are IO key-facts. They are from the passage.
The other 10 key facts are from the audio section.
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