Public Prosecutor Rienk Mud in a press release said because Julot's body was recovered on the French side of the island on Oyster Pond road the French and Dutch authorities are investigating the murder together on both sides of the border.
Mud said the Dutch side has decided to get all hands on deck to make sure they are able to solve this gruesome murder which left the community in shock.
The Dutch investigation is taking place within the framework of a so called "Team Grootschalige Opsporing" (TGO), which is a large scale investigation. Teams like this can be formed in case of very serious crimes, with the consent of the attorney general.
Even though cooperation between several police forces has happened before, it is for the first time in St Maarten that a TGO has been formed. Working within the TGO-framework means that other police forces within the Caribbean part of the Kingdom are obliged to contribute to such a team, so that more investigative capacity is available.
The team investigating the death of Clemencia Julot consists of detectives from the local police force (KPSSS), the Recherche Samenwerkingsteam (RST), the Royal Marechaussee (both from Sint Maarten and Curaçao), the police force of Curaçao (KPC) and the police force of Aruba (KPA). This team works in close cooperation with the French Gendarmerie.
The public prosecutor said an autopsy was conducted on Saturday and it is clear that the victim met a violent death. The results of the autopsy are being awaited.
So far the investigators have determined thus far that the victim began jogging from her house in Middle Region towards Oyster Pond, on Tuesday July 20 2010, somewhere between 5:00 and 6:00 AM.
Julot's body was recovered during the early morning hours of July 22, by a search team comprising of her relatives and co-workers at Blue Point.
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