Yvonne Webb

Po­lice have re­leased the fe­male sus­pect de­tained in con­nec­tion with the death of Jenice Fi­garo.

She was de­tained by the Gas­par­il­lo po­lice last Wednes­day as they await­ed in­struc­tions from the Di­rec­tor of Pub­lic Pros­e­cu­tion (DPP). She was re­leased on Fri­day pend­ing fur­ther in­ves­ti­ga­tions.

Now Jenice's dad, Robert Fi­garo, said he has lost all faith in the sys­tem.

"I've lost it. I don't know what to think, to do any­more." He said when he heard the po­lice had picked up the woman, he felt he was fi­nal­ly go­ing to get jus­tice for his child, al­though what ever penal­ty is im­posed can­not bring her back.

"But when the po­lice told me they re­leased her the next day, Fri­day, I broke down. They said they need more in­for­ma­tion."

He said af­ter one month of in­ves­ti­ga­tions, he thought the po­lice had a sol­id case and was dis­ap­point­ed by the turn of events.

Jenice died at the San Fer­nan­do Gen­er­al Hos­pi­tal on the night of No­vem­ber 24. She was tak­en to the hos­pi­tal by am­bu­lance af­ter she fell ill while eat­ing a meal of french fries.

An au­top­sy per­formed at the Foren­sic Sci­ence Cen­tre four days lat­er re­vealed she was beat­en to death.

Jenice was the on­ly child for her fa­ther. She had been liv­ing with him since she was 10-months old, as her moth­er , Shana Charles, was un­able to pro­vide for her.