RAJKUMARIE Persaud, 23, of Lot 64 Hague Backdam West Coast Demerara was found lying in a pool of blood in the lower flat of her aunt’s home with suspected stab wounds about her body, as her reputed husband was seen fleeing the scene.

Speaking with the Guyana Chronicle yesterday, the dead woman’s father Nehal Saul said he was at home at Diamond, East Bank Demerara, when he received a call that his daughter was stabbed by her reputed husband and was dead.
While no one witnessed the stabbing, the woman, who was living in a one-bedroom apartment, was able to get her aunt’s attention by screaming. However, when the woman responded by venturing downstairs, it was too late, as her niece appeared to be dead. The incident has caused the woman to seek medical attention after witnessing the state in which her niece was found.
When the Guyana Chronicle visited the crime scene yesterday, the apartment in which the incident occurred was already secured by the police, who requested that no one should venture inside.

EIGHT-MONTH RELATIONSHIP

Relatives said that they have no idea what may have led to the incident since the couple, although being separated, never really spoke much about their relationship and whether they had any problems while they were seeing each other for about eight months.
They described the suspect, Sudesh Lakeram, as a very quiet individual who is not known to be violent. Relatives indicated that the two were separated, and on Saturday, Lakeram returned to the woman’s home to reconcile with her but it is unclear what happened.
Lakeram, who works as a dental technician at an East Bank Demerara dental clinic, fled to his workplace after committing the crime. He called out to his employer upon arrival there, and indicated that he and his former lover had been involved in an argument and he had stabbed her to death
The man then contacted the police, and the suspect was handed over to ranks at the Providence Police Station, who then made contact with their counterparts on the West Coast of Demerara. They showed up at the Providence Police Station, and whisked the man back to the division where the murder was committed.

On their way to the Leonora Police Station, the man was taken to the West Demerara Regional Hospital, where he was given a medical check-up by doctors before being placed into custody.
The two have no children together, and it is not clear what would have led to the breakup a while ago.
When the Chronicle visited the home yesterday, family members were already preparing for a wake even as others gathered were heard sobbing loudly at the loss of a loved one. The woman leaves to mourn her father and other relatives and friends along with her only son from a previous relationship.

(By Leroy Smith)