John McCarthy
FREDERIKSTED — Police are investigating after a 27-year-old New Hampshire woman was found shot to death in St. Croix early Tuesday morning.
Aliyah DiBartolomeo of Concord was positively identified by a family member as the shooting victim, the Virgin Islands Police Department said.
The 911 Emergency Call Center received a report of a gunshot victim in Estate Smithfield at 6:00 a.m., according to the VIPD.
When officers arrived on the scene, they discovered the unresponsive body of DiBartolomeo, police said.
Emergency Medical Services personnel was also on the scene and found no signs of life coming from DiBartolomeo, according to police.
“The female sustained a gunshot to the head,” VIPD spokeswoman Kishma Chichester said. “This case is currently unclassified pending the autopsy.”
Anyone with any information on this shooting death can call 911, the CIB Tip Line at 340-778-4950 or Crime Stoppers USVI at 1-800-222-8477
Such a shame the loss of a young life, heck, any life. Unfortunately, this young lady was heavily drug-involved beginning in Haverhill, MA where she graduated high school, to here on island, where she was seeking treatment for opioid addiction.
This was intentional!
No one should die like this.