Family of Belize's slain police superintendent to file wrongful death lawsuit

The family of Belize's slain police superintendent told ABC News that they plan to file a wrongful death lawsuit.

LONDON and DANGRIGA -- The family of Belize's slain police superintendent told ABC News that they plan to file a wrongful death lawsuit against the longtime partner of a British billionaire's son who has been charged in his death. Henry Jemmott, superintendent of the Belize Police Department, was found dead in the water off a pier in the resort town of San Pedro on Belize's largest island in the early hours of May 28. He had one apparent gunshot wound behind his right ear, according to Chester Williams, commissioner of the Belize Police Department. Jasmine Hartin, a Canadian citizen who lives in Belize with her family, "was somewhat in an emotional state walking herself on the pier" near Jemmott's body and had "what appeared to be blood on her arms and on her clothing" when police arrived on scene, Williams said during a press conference last week. Hartin has since been arrested and charged with manslaughter by negligence in connection with Jemmott's death. The official death certificate filed by Belize's medical examiner, a copy of which Jemmott's family provided to ABC News, states that the cause of death was a "massive brain hemorrhage" due to a "gunshot wound to the head." The family said their decision to pursue a wrongful death lawsuit against Hartin is based on the medical examiner's findings.