WESTMORELAND, Jamaica — Investigators have yet to establish a motive or make a breakthrough in the case of a 79-year-old yoga instructor who was found dead at her Negril home on Tuesday.

The deceased has been identified as Fanette Johnson, a resident of Negril who taught yoga at several hotels in the community.

Originally from France and married to a Jamaican, Johnson had more than three decades of experience as a yoga instructor, having also taught in Paris and New York.

According to police reports, residents discovered Johnson’s body at her home about 7:00 am and alerted authorities.

Upon arrival, the police found her lying on the floor of a room in the house with bruises to her neck.

Her body was removed to the morgue and is now pending a post-mortem examination to determine the cause of death.

A senior police official told Observer Online that while there is no breakthrough in the case as yet, “a lot of work has been put into the investigation around the death of the tourist resident who has been living in Jamaica for more than a decade”.

“The investigation is kind of inconclusive by virtue of what we have seen at the location because there were no obvious signs of break in,” stated the police official who added, “We are summarising some things but we cannot say certain things right now because the investigation is still young in relation to this.”

— Anthony Lewis