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The yachting community in the English Harbour/Falmouth area seemed, largely, unaware that the lifeless body of US citizen Nina Elizabeth Nilssen had been found in a desolate area of Pigeon Point Beach Tuesday evening.

When the OBSERVER team visited the area today, it was, generally, business as usual, and many people were hearing of the first homicide on record for 2010 from the reporters.

One man who was making his way along the same path where Nilssen’s partially clad body was found with a stab wound to the neck made a U-turn when he heard the news.

Police have since released a description of the suspect they are pursuing. Assistant Commissioner of Police Jacques Ouellette said the man is of African descent, brown in complexion, tall, slim, with an afro, a gold tooth and some missing teeth. The man was wearing dark three-quarter jeans.

Ouellette said the woman was about 5’9”, around 140 pounds and was wearing a multi-coloured wrap skirt, with a beige top, leather sandals and was carrying a multi-coloured handbag, which was found on the scene.

The police are asking anyone who might have seen a couple fitting this description to contact the nearest police station or call 800-TIPS.

Meanwhile, the Chief Executive Officer of the Antigua & Barbuda Tourism Authority, this morning, appealed to people who might have information, no matter how innocuous they might think it is, to inform the police.

James, who appeared on OBSERVER AM, said his department would work to contain any fallout that might come as a result of the homicide.


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