Known characters being questioned over murder of elderly Mahaica woman
The house in which Chandroutie Persaud was found bound, gagged and murdered
The house in which Chandroutie Persaud was found bound, gagged and murdered

THE Police in ‘C’ Division are still working to get to the bottom of the gruesome murder of Mahaica pensioner and mother of three, Chandroutie Persaud, which occurred between Friday evening and Saturday morning.Police sources yesterday told this newspaper that the two men who were picked up on Saturday for questioning were still in custody as the police continue their probe.
On Saturday morning before sunrise, the woman’s gagged and bound body was found on her bed at her 46 River View Squatting Area home at Mahaica, East Coast Demerara.
Chandroutie Persaud, 68, lived with her husband at the home, but they slept in separate rooms. The woman operated a greens stall and grocery shop, and was well known in the area by almost everyone, according to residents.
The woman, according to reports, would normally assist persons in the community to secure food items and other necessities whenever they visited her establishment but did not have enough money to make their purchases.
One of the woman’s sons on Saturday told Guyana Chronicle that he or nor other family members were unaware that his mother had enemies but the person who killed her may be from the community and was familiar with her.
He recalled that his stepfather was not an able-bodied person and so even if he had heard anything suspicious when the woman was being attacked it would have been difficult for him to assist her due to his health complications.
The son added that several years ago his mother was attacked by one of her daughter’s reputed husband after the young lady and the man broke off a relationship. He recalled that his mother was stabbed several times about the body but managed to survive.
Asked if he had suspicions about his former reputed brother-in-law in this recent tragedy, the young man responded in the negative, adding that they had all gotten over that phase in their life and things were back to normal.
Meanwhile, when this publication visited on the day in question, persons in the community expressed shock at the murder of the woman and noted that instances of elderly persons being murdered in their homes seem to be the new norm and the issue must be addressed by the government.
Over the past three years there have been numerous cases of elderly women being battered during home invasions. While some of the incidents proved that robbery was the motive, others appeared to be just acts of aggression against senior citizens.
Meanwhile, police have been able to prosecute a few persons in connection with these types of homicide. A young man from Kingston is now on remand for the murder of a Plaisance senior citizen who he reportedly gagged, rape and murdered.
The woman was familiar with the young man who was charged with her murder as she on several occasions had employed him to do work around her house.

 

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