Haiti police probing death of slain FHP trooper

Agent-x - June 17 2012, 11:42 AM

According to miamiherald.com on 15 June 2012, As the family of South Florida trooper Jean Barthelus wait for his body to be returned from Haiti, an investigation has been launched into his shooting death.

FHP TROOPER HAITI Paul Botelis, left, brother, and Dorothy and Samson Borgelin, family friends, talk about slain FHP trooper Jean Barthelus at the Barthelus family hoime in North Miami, Sunday, June 10, 2012. Joe Cavaretta, SunSentinel (c)2012
FHP TROOPER HAITI Paul Botelis, left, brother, and Dorothy and Samson Borgelin, family friends, talk about slain FHP trooper Jean Barthelus at the Barthelus family hoime in North Miami, Sunday, June 10, 2012. Joe Cavaretta, SunSentinel (c)2012
Joe Cavaretta / Sun Sentinel
By Jacqueline Charles
jcharles at MiamiHerald.com

Haiti National Police investigators are looking into the death of a Florida Highway Patrolman killed in the Caribbean nation last Friday.

Jean Barthelus, 47, was in Haiti visiting his ailing wife when he was shot and killed in the Turgeau neighborhood of Port-au-Prince.

Initial reports say Barthelus was flagged down on a road, then shot and killed.

Rodrigue Pierre, assigned to Haiti

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