Valentine Radix, of Charlieville, was scheduled to appear in the Port of Spain Magistrates Court today, charged with the murder of Shanice Cooper, who went missing in August 2019 while seven months pregnant.

The woman disappeared after leaving her Belmont home for work and was never seen again.

Extensive investigations into her disappearance were conducted over a two-year period by officers of the Belmont Police Station, the Anti-Kidnapping Unit, the Research Analytical Unit, and the Homicide Bureau of Investigations (HBI), Region 1.

The accused was arrested by officers of HBI Region 1 last Monday in connection with the incident.

Investigations were supervised by Insps. Lynch and Jones of HBI, Region 1, while Radix was charged by WPC Clinton, also of HBI Region 1, on Monday 30th August.