POLICE investigators working on the case of the dismembered female body found at the Annandale/Buxton foreshore have come up empty handed in their search for clues.Crime Chief Leslie James yesterday confirmed to this publication that no one has been held for questioning, and no one has come forward to identify the remains of the woman.

While suspicions are rife that the killing of the woman might have been drug-related or connected to some form of sacrifice, the police have no evidence on which to definitively pronounce, even though an object suspected to be used in religious rituals has been found at the crime scene.

The police have searched their missing persons’ database and still have not been able to come up with any clues regarding the woman’s identity, and this is despite the wide publicity the gruesome discovery has received; no one has come forward with any information.

Police were, on Wednesday, called to the Annandale/Buxton seashore to investigate the presence of a partly nude torso of a female that was discovered there. The lawmen received that call less than 24 hours after receiving a call to investigate the presence of yet another nude body of a female, found this time on the lower East Coast Demerara, but also along Guyana’s Atlantic coastline.

These discoveries have sent shock waves throughout the country, especially considering that the remains of the two females, one a teenager, had been found just hours apart.

The police were initially of the view that the Buxton/Annandale torso may have been washed up at the location, but those suspicions were quickly discarded after the police had been recalled to the scene because persons had stumbled on the feet and head of the woman in close proximity to where the torso had been discovered.

The feet and head were found as the water receded, and according to information received, the eyes were neatly carved out of their sockets, making it relatively more difficult to positively identify the corpse.

Police sources were on Thursday also working with the theory that the woman’s body had been dismembered on the platform of the seawalls before being thrown among the rocks. The body did not have any signs of advance decay, which suggested that it had not been exposed to the elements for a long period.

Investigations into these murders are being conducted by the police.

By Leroy Smith