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Girl, six, raped and murdered before being stuffed in a plastic bag in case which has sparked outrage in Trinidad Keyana Cumberbatch went missing on Monday on way home from school
Police discovered her body in a barrel in her family's apartment on Friday
Male relative, who was walking her home, arrested but not yet charged
Calls for better child protection laws following horrific crime
By Lizzie Edmonds
PUBLISHED: 16:32 GMT, 30 November 2013 | UPDATED: 17:55 GMT, 30 November 2013
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A 6-year-old girl was raped and murdered before she was stuffed in a plastic bag and left in a barrel, police in Trinidad have confirmed.
Keyana Cumberbatch, a pupil of St Barbara’s Shouter Baptist Primary School, went missing around 5.20pm on Monday.
She was on her way to her grandmother’s apartment, located just metres away from where she lived in Maloney, Port of Spain.
The child was being looked after by a male relative prior to her disappearance, local media has reported.
Keyana’s mother, Simone Williams, 27, said she was only made aware of her daughter’s disappearance after she made a call to her mother - who said the child never showed up at her apartment.

Schoolgirl: Keyana Cumberbatch, a pupil at St Barbara¿s Shouter Baptist Primary School, pictured, was found dead in a barrel in her family home, it has been reported
She was discovered in a barrel located in her family's apartment in Maloney on Friday, according to Stabroek News.
Residents who smelt the decay called police who made the discovery, the website adds.
An autopsy revealed that the girl died of massive trauma to the head.
Pathologist Dr Alexandrov said, 'The trauma to her skull was so extensive that all the tissue which connect bones of the skull were open. Her skull actually was cracked in half.
'These kinds of fractures we call "hinge fractures". We see it very often in motor vehicle accidents where significant forces are applied.'
The male relative was taken into custody on Tuesday afternoon and was interrogated by officers. He has not been charged.
He says he knew nothing of the girl’s disappearance.
He told officers he walked Keyana to the building where her grandmother’s apartment was located and saw her enter the building, it has been reported.
Residents of Maloney, where the girl lived, are said to be hugely distressed and shocked at the news.
Many are now calling for better child protections following the horrific crime.
Gender, Youth and Child Development Minister Clifton De Couteau told reporters that legislators would soon debate a bill that would create a national child registry and punish people who fail to report crimes against children.
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Diva1973, London, 2 hours ago
How sad! I hope they arrest the man and throw him in jail!
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Old Chap, Caribbean, Grenada, 2 hours ago
Sadly Trinidad is a crime infested island and I know from first hand experience that many of the police are corrupt. There are regular murders, kidnappings and choppings (with machete). The east side is beautiful but scary. Last time I was there a 70 year old man was kidnapped and raped.
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Dude, San Fernando, 2 hours ago
Crime is very much out of control here in Trinidad.....as a citizen I am very scared to live here
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Honeydew, Cheshire, United Kingdom, 2 hours ago
Horrific crime I hope the person or persons who committed this despicable crime are caught as soon as possible, their are some very sick people in this world poor child.
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Debz, Melbourne, 2 hours ago
Poor baby, this is no way to treat a child. Rest In Peace little angel.
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Kate M, London, 2 hours ago
Just awful : (
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BaklavaP, Magnolia - UK , 2 hours ago
I'm just heartbroken! What is happening to people? How can you do this?
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BaklavaP, Magnolia - UK , 2 hours ago
I'm just heartbroken! What is happening? How can you do this?
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Mustafa Phag, Glasgow, Scotland, 2 hours ago
I hope he gets sentenced to death.
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Libratine, Nottingham - UK, 2 hours ago
Oh dear me, how awful!
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Sam, London, 3 hours ago
How absolutely horrendous. Sick, evil scum.
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lynsey1975, Maidstone Kent, 3 hours ago
These cases are becoming too frequent! Poor thing! Breaks my heart !
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NC, TT-London-NY, 3 hours ago
I am so sorry that you had to suffer so horrifically little angel. May you rest in peace my love.
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AGMummy, Lancashire, 3 hours ago
Poor thing, may she rest in peace and know no more suffering.
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me, Durham, 3 hours ago
This is horrible the poor little girl. So sad rip x
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Sharon, Cheshire, 3 hours ago
This is just so horrible, poor little girl

I hope they catch the monster soon. Rest In Peace Keyana xxx
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Vampira, southampton, 3 hours ago
I wish the whole world could come together and make crimes such as these instantly punishable by death world wide. Maybe the depraved pigs that commit these unforgivable acts would think twice. Her poor family must be distraught. RIP Keyana
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Snoodles, WALES, United Kingdom, 3 hours ago
Awful, poor little thing.
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Amy lou, london, 3 hours ago
Poor poor child. God bless you rest in perfect peace this world is to depraved and sicking now
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jojo77, merseyside, 3 hours ago
Awful R.I.P little one
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littlemisstwiglettoes, East Sussex, 4 hours ago
What's wrong with people. It's so sick and evil.
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Rachel, preston - uk, 4 hours ago
Rip baby girl. What a cruel world we live in and a lot of evil out there dressed in human form. So sad
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jaffacakefuel, London, 4 hours ago
What the hell is our world coming too. This is sickening
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Citizen, Lakeland - USA, 4 hours ago
Young children should never be left unattended for even a few minutes. Predators look for opportunity. A grown man can over power a child in seconds. Why can't people understand this? Vigilance is a must!
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Rachelle, London UK, 4 hours ago
Oh dear,may her soul rest in peace.And May justice be done for her.How people have beastly hearts!! Imagine the poor innocent angel going through that! Whoever did it,may he never find peace on earth.
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Ned60, WGC - The one that used to be Great, 4 hours ago
Animal
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gareth, dublin - ireland, 4 hours ago
So tragic
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me, Somewhere beneath the sun, United Kingdom, 4 hours ago
Rest in peace Keyana . Poor little lady taken too soon . <3
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nohuffpo, atlanta - usa, 4 hours ago
No cctv outside the apartment?
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NC, TT-London-NY, 3 hours ago
It's Trinidad and not the USA and it's not routine or neither is it a requirement for apartment buildings to have CCTV in front of them as in the US.
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ludwig, Portsmouth, United Kingdom, 4 hours ago
Absolutely horrific but Trinidad and Tobago, like many of these 'paradise islands' have over 35 homicides per 100 thousand population. To put this into perspective, the USA have 4.7 and the UK 1.2
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hoodoogirl, Bedfordshire, United Kingdom, 2 hours ago
.... and the statistics for "non Caribbean/white countries" are as follows: Costa Rica 10.0 per 100,000 El Salvador 69.2 per 100,000 Honduras 91.6 per 100,000 Nicaragua 12.6 per 100,000 Panama 21.6 per 100,000 Argentina 5.5 per 100,000 Ecuador 18.2 per 100,000 Kazakhstan 8.8 per 100,000 Moldova 7.5 per 100,000 Russia 10.2 per 100,000 Ukraine 5.2 per 100,000 Estonia 5.2 per 100,000 Greenland 19.2 per 100,000 Lithuania 6.6 per 100,000 So your point is what exactly?
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Old Chap, Caribbean, Grenada, 2 hours ago
That is not correct. Trinidad, rather like Jamaica, is in a world of it's own for crime. Just 80 miles north of Trinidad is Grenada where I live, there is virtually no crime at all. It certainly puts Britain to shame.
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Curry, Curry City, Canada, 4 hours ago
Death penalty needs to come back... my god.
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NC, TT-London-NY, 3 hours ago
Trinidad DOES have the death penalty.
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Bora Bora Brew, Down the Islands, Fiji, 2 hours ago
I can say with certainty that this beast who has done this will not make it much longer. I am from T&T and I can tell you, whenever someone is cruel and despicable enough to hurt an innocent child, you can be certain that some reckless individual will put an end to them. It usually happens in the form of beatings by other prisoners when they are remanded. Obviously, this is not ideal but in the absence of a death penalty, maybe it not such a bad thing...
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iamalive, London, 4 hours ago
Sickening, sent shivers down my spine. Hope they throw away the key
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route66, Peterborough, 4 hours ago
Poor little sweetheart... & what in her life had she done to be snuffed out in such an horrific way. God can protect her now but hell is waiting for the evil that did this
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kat, birmingham, United Kingdom, 4 hours ago
absolutely disgusting. i really hate this world sometimes, how can people be so senseless? i really worry about having children in the future, they don't deserve to grow up in such a hateful world. rip x
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Tim, uk, 3 hours ago
Well said Kat.
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jo, telford - uk, 4 hours ago
Poor baby girl, r.i.p little angel
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kle, east midlands, 5 hours ago
Poor child, R.I.P princess xx
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PAULO, BANGOR NI, United Kingdom, 5 hours ago
this is the worst , the poor child must have been terrified more than we have experienced ever,.. i hope they get this monster soon .
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Nina, London, 5 hours ago
It really upsets me reading things like this. Some people are just so evil. RIP little girl.
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Gail Grange, Kent, United Kingdom, 5 hours ago
This is so tragic. What that poor child endured before she was murdered is beyond belief.
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jivebunny, wirral, 5 hours ago
here we go again, dont suppose any charges will be brought, horrible sick creep who did this
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EVERTONIA, MERSEYSIDE, United Kingdom, 5 hours ago
Macabre and utterly Dispicable!!! ... My Heart goes out to this little girls parents.
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geturfactsright82, chicken little Hampton - uk, 5 hours ago
Poor child. RIP Keyana xx
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