Relatives of 47-year-old Andrew Frederick are urging Grenadian authorities to work closely with Metropolitan Police investigators after conflicting postmortem findings and months of uncertainty surrounding his death.

The family of a British man found dead in Grenada earlier this year has appealed for greater cooperation between authorities on the Caribbean island and investigators in the United Kingdom, as a Metropolitan Police inquiry adds a new dimension to a case that has remained unresolved for more than eight months.

Andrew Frederick, 47, was found dead on 4 January at a property in Lance Aux Epines, in the parish of St George, where he worked as a property manager. Grenadian police initially announced that they were investigating the circumstances surrounding the discovery of a partly decomposed body, without giving a definitive explanation for how Frederick had died.

His relatives have since mounted an increasingly public campaign for answers, arguing that important questions surrounding his death have yet to be resolved. Their concerns intensified after a private postmortem examination commissioned by the family reportedly concluded that Frederick’s death was a homicide and that he had suffered injuries consistent with having been tortured.

Grenadian authorities, however, have not adopted that conclusion as the definitive legal determination in the case. Howard Pinnock, Grenada’s director of public prosecutions, previously said that the file had been reviewed and advised police to refer the matter to a coroner for an inquest.

The resulting disagreement over both the circumstances of Frederick’s death and the handling of the investigation has left his family demanding closer international cooperation.

That call has become more urgent following confirmation that the Metropolitan Police are now investigating.

Scotland Yard Enters the Case

At a hearing at West London Coroner’s Court on 1 September, senior coroner Lydia Brown confirmed that the Metropolitan Police had begun an investigation into Frederick’s death.

The UK cause of death is currently recorded as “unascertained,” and the British inquest has been suspended while the police inquiry proceeds. Authorities are also understood to have been engaged in discussions with their Grenadian counterparts.

For Frederick’s relatives, Scotland Yard’s involvement represents a potentially significant opportunity to revisit evidence and establish a clearer picture of what happened.

Their central request is now straightforward: they want Grenadian police to share relevant material and cooperate fully with British investigators.

The Metropolitan Police have approached the Royal Grenada Police Force for assistance, according to reports, while Frederick’s family has expressed hope that evidence gathered on the island will be made available to UK detectives.

The appeal highlights one of the central challenges in investigating the suspicious death of a citizen overseas. British police cannot simply assume jurisdiction in another sovereign country. Effective cross-border investigations depend heavily on cooperation between national authorities, including the transfer of evidence, witness information, forensic material and investigative records.

In Frederick’s case, that cooperation may prove particularly important because much of the original evidence was gathered in Grenada immediately after his death.

Conflicting Findings

The forensic history of the case has become one of its most troubling aspects.

A private postmortem performed on behalf of Frederick’s family concluded that his death was a homicide. The examination was carried out by Professor Hubert Daisley, a pathologist whose involvement had reportedly been approved by the Royal Grenada Police Force.

The family’s account of that examination led them to press both Grenadian and British authorities for the case to be treated as a suspected killing rather than simply an unexplained or accidental death.

After Frederick’s body was eventually returned to Britain, however, another postmortem examination was conducted. According to the family’s latest account, the UK examination did not establish a definitive cause of death. The family also said that some organs were missing when the body was examined in Britain, further complicating attempts to establish exactly how Frederick died.

Those circumstances do not themselves establish criminal wrongdoing. They do, however, create significant evidential difficulties and underline why investigators may need access to the original Grenadian medical records, postmortem documentation and any retained forensic material.

The differing conclusions have therefore become central to the family’s campaign.

Months of Frustration

Frederick’s relatives have previously criticised what they described as a lack of meaningful support both in Grenada and from British institutions.

Earlier this year, the family said they had received little information from Grenadian police after mid-January and had been forced to commission their own forensic examination and hire a private investigator as they sought to understand what had happened.

Their concerns also extended to Britain’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office.

The family argued that despite being presented with a postmortem assessment describing Frederick’s death as homicide, the FCDO initially declined to refer the case to its specialist murder and manslaughter team, instead relying on the classification being used by authorities in Grenada.

The issue subsequently reached parliament.

Rupa Huq, the Labour MP for Ealing Central and Acton, raised questions about the government’s response, asking why British authorities had deferred to the position of a foreign police force despite the conclusions reached by the pathologist who examined Frederick.

The FCDO said there was no specific guidance governing precisely those circumstances and has subsequently stated that it is supporting Frederick’s family and remains in contact with the relevant authorities in Grenada.

The dispute has consequently developed into something broader than a single criminal investigation. It has also raised questions about the level of support available to British families when a relative dies in suspicious circumstances abroad.

The Difficulties of Overseas Death Investigations

Cases involving British nationals who die abroad can become legally and operationally complex.

The country in which the death occurs normally retains responsibility for the criminal investigation, while UK authorities have limited powers to intervene directly. British police may provide expertise, investigative advice or assistance, but usually only with the agreement of the foreign jurisdiction.

That makes institutional cooperation critical.

Evidence that might ordinarily be gathered within hours in a domestic homicide investigation — forensic samples, surveillance footage, witness statements, telephone records and scene documentation — may fall under different legal systems and evidential procedures overseas.

As time passes, the potential difficulties multiply.

Witness memories can fade. Digital material may no longer be available. Physical evidence can deteriorate or be lost. Disagreements over postmortem findings can become particularly difficult to resolve if biological material has not been retained.

For Frederick’s family, those concerns are no longer theoretical. They have spent months seeking a definitive explanation of his death.

Pressure for a Joint Approach

Local reporting in Grenada has also reflected questions surrounding the progress of the case. Earlier reports noted that no suspects had publicly been identified and that limited information had been released about the direction of the investigation.

Grenadian authorities have indicated that the matter should proceed through the coroner’s court in St George, while the British investigation is continuing separately.

The challenge now is ensuring that those two processes do not operate in isolation.

For investigators in London, reconstructing a death that occurred thousands of miles away depends heavily on access to the material collected by authorities who were first at the scene. For Grenadian police, cooperation with the Metropolitan Police could provide access to additional forensic expertise and investigative resources.

Frederick’s family believes that collaboration offers the best chance of breaking the impasse.

Their campaign has been supported by Murdered Abroad, a charity established to assist families whose relatives are killed overseas. Its representatives have previously argued that relatives can find themselves navigating complicated legal and diplomatic systems at precisely the time when they are dealing with bereavement.

A Family Still Waiting for Answers

Eight months after Andrew Frederick was found dead, the fundamental question remains unanswered: what happened to him?

There are competing forensic assessments, an unresolved cause of death in Britain, a Grenadian coroner’s process and now a Metropolitan Police investigation.

None has yet produced a definitive public explanation.

For Frederick’s relatives, the involvement of British detectives appears to have renewed hope that the circumstances surrounding his death can finally be established. But the effectiveness of that investigation may depend on how closely police and judicial authorities in the two countries are prepared to work together.

The family’s request is therefore not simply for another investigation, but for the existing investigations to connect.

Until that happens — and until the evidence can be examined as a coherent whole — the uncertainty surrounding Frederick’s final hours is likely to persist.

For a family that has spent much of 2026 campaigning for answers, the objective remains unchanged: a credible investigation, a clear account of how Andrew Frederick died and, if a crime was committed, accountability for whoever was responsible.