SEVERAL women were brutally murdered at the hands of their spouses, lovers and others in domestic violence this year and, so far, some of the murders remain unsolved.
The victims include:
Lilowtie Seeram called ‘Pinky’, 31, of Glasgow, East Bank Berbice, who was chopped to death by her husband, Rooplall ‘Kelly’ Boodhoo, 35. Her mother, Latta Inderdeo was also wounded in that 01:30h March 27 incident following an argument over his drinking habit.
Seeram, a mother of two, suffered wounds on her back and head and three fingers on her left hand were severed. Her mother, also known as Latta, 52, had chops on her right shoulder and left palm.
The deceased and her husband, a 35-year-old cane harvester had quarreled regularly over his drinking and he physically abused her.
Police are still looking for him.

Two more women were murder victims in March, Jairool ‘Chico’ Rohoman, 42, of Betsy Ground, East Canje and Esther ‘Kamla’ Albert, 44, of Grant 1803 Crabwood Creek, both also in Berbice.
On March 9, Rohoman’s badly battered body was found floating in the Canje River, two days after she left to go to the home of her former reputed husband. She was pronounced dead on arrival at Skeldon Hospital, following a severe beating the evening before.
The head on her corpse was partly shaven and her long hair had been used to tie her feet together. A canvas sling that was around her waist was used to bind her hands and feet, as well and there was a chop wound on her chin and burns on her back, hands and other parts. One of her eyes was also bulging.
Despite those evident marks of violence, the results of a post mortem examination on her body were inconclusive.
Police had detained her reputed husband, from whom she was separated three months before but he was, eventually, released.
Rohoman, a weeder at Rose Hall Estate, had gone to visit her estranged reputed husband, when she did not return, she was reported missing and a search was made for her.
She was previously living with the man for 17 years but moved out of his house with her sons after a misunderstanding. However, she would visit the Rose Hall Estate watchman and help him with cooking and other household chores.

The first Berbice woman to be murdered in 2010 was 43-year-old Nalini ‘Nalo’ Bhoge. On January 25, her husband, Budh Narayan Bhoge nicknamed ‘Minko’ discovered her badly battered body in a bedroom of their home.
Bhoge was found lying in a pool of blood with several chops and stab wounds on her neck on upper back. Her husband, Narayan Bhoge, 51, was taken into custody along with five other persons. However, they were released a few days later after nothing incriminating was found against them.
Police had told this newspaper that they were still looking at some leads but, up to now, no one has been prosecuted.
Bhoge was at home alone when she was killed and Police retrieved a bloodstained cutlass and an ice pick, suspected to be the death weapons, at the scene.
It was later discovered that a quantity of gold jewellery as well as $60,000 had been stolen and relatives said, although she wore a lot of gold bangles, only a ring was on her finger.
American passports issued to her three daughters, Bharti, 12, Khishana, 10 and eight-year-old Praveena were found in the backyard in a plastic bag.

It was initially reported that Ester ‘Kamla’ Albert had fallen from her stairs following a drinking spree with her husband, Daveanand Albert. She was taken to Skeldon Hospital where she was pronounced dead on arrival.
But results of an autopsy performed on her remains established that she died from manual strangulation. Apparently, not realising that the woman had been murdered, the man’s mother sent him to Springlands Police Station to report his wife’s death. He never arrived there and has since disappeared.
It was reported that Albert’s husband hit her with a broom, dealt her several slaps and choked her before pushing her down the steps.
According to a relative, the woman started to bleed from a wound in her head and her husband tried to wash off the blood and put her on the bed, where she remained all night groaning in pain.
Early the following morning, after she appeared to be unconscious, the man sent his 12-year-old son to call his mother and bring methylated spirits to try and revive her.
March was a deadly month for women, with six of them being among the 10 victims murdered at the hands of their partners, mostly following years of abuse.

Investigating the six, Police issued a wanted bulletin for one of the suspects while another turned up at a station with wounds he claimed were inflicted during a struggle with his victim’s spouse. Police questioned and released one after a post mortem examination could not determine how the woman died.
Other suspected killers remain at large.
As regards the women murders, the March figure represents a significant increase when compared to the two domestic violence related killings that occurred during the first two months of the year.
Okema Todd, 20, became the first victim for the month when she was brutally stabbed by the father of her two children and succumbed around 01:00 h outside Ketley Primary School in Charlestown, Georgetown, where she collapsed after fleeing from the attacker who inflicted numerous stab wounds in the couple’s Lot 15 Ketley Street home.
Police have issued a wanted bulletin for Charles Rollins alias `Chuckey’.
A foul smell emanating from an Eping Avenue, Bel Air Park, Georgetown apartment, on March 4, aroused suspicions and Police later found the decomposing remains of Dr. Guillermo Martinez, a 58-year-old physiotherapist and 47-year-old Usawatie Persaud inside.
A marriage certificate with their names on it was at the scene although Persaud lived in New Amsterdam, Berbice with her reputed husband.
Police had said they were treating the case as a murder/suicide. A post mortem examination on Persaud disclosed that she was stabbed about the body multiple times but the one done on Martinez, a Cuban, was inconclusive. Investigators believed, though, that he had consumed poison after killing the woman and samples were taken from his body for further testing.
Five days later, the charred remains of newspaper vendor Jacqueline George was pulled from her burnt home at Lot 120 ‘E’ Field, Sophia, in the city, as well. Her throat had been slit prior to the blaze.
Her reputed husband, who was the prime suspect, subsequently, turned up at Turkeyen Police Station with several stab wounds on his body, claiming they were inflicted during a scuffle with George. He was taken to Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) and admitted a patient under Police guard.
On March 31, Donna Williams, 27, was fatally stabbed while crossing Tabatinga Creek in Lethem, Rupununi. She had lived in Brazil. Reports said she was in the company of her mother and seven-year-old son when an unidentified assailant, believed to be Brazilian, killed her and fled to Brazil on a bicycle.
It was reported that Williams had recently ended an intimate relationship and local Police have sought the assistance of their Brazilian counterparts in the investigation.
Yashwattie Samaroo, 43, of Second Street, John’s, Port Mourant, Corentyne, Berbice was another stabbing victim, knifed to death by her husband on July 24 at a shop where she had gone to pay a debt for cell phone credit.
The cane harvester killer tried, unsuccessfully, to commit suicide by ingesting poison.
A post mortem examination, performed by Government pathologist Dr. Vivekanand Brijmohan confirmed that Samaroo succumbed to shock and haemorrhage due to multiple stab wounds. Her seven-year-old daughter, Amanda Singh, helplessly, witnessed the fatal incident.

Claudine Inniss, 43, of Hadfield Street, Lodge, Georgetown, had her throat cut and her body dumped on Georgetown seawall between the Russian Embassy and Celina Resort.
She was last seen in the company of a man, with whom she was quarreling on July 8.

Sheema Mangar, 21, a Demerara Bank employee was run over by a car, in which the robber who snatched her Blackberry cell phone while she was awaiting transportation at Camp Street and North Road on September 11, escaped.

Dionne Stephens, 32, of South Vigilance, East Coast Demerara, was stabbed to death by her reputed husband, whom the Police are yet to locate.
A wanted bulletin was issued for him after the man, in a fit of rage, attacked Stephens, a mother of four and knifed her when she told him she was leaving after enduring years of abuse.

Latisha Rodrigues, of Lot 80 Breda Street, Georgetown, was fatally knifed by the mother of her lover’s child while in Stabroek Market area, where they both were vendors, on October 21. Her killer, with whom she had an ongoing feud, is still a fugitive.

Luciana Bhagwandin, an Essequibo Coast teacher, 22, was found in a mutilated condition at Back Street Harlem, West Coast Demerara, on Sunday, January 10.
A post mortem on her body, performed by pathologist Dr. Nehaul Singh, gave the cause of death as haemorrhage and shock due to stab wounds.
She was a student of Cyril Potter College of Education (CPCE) studying English, married and had lived with her husband in Cummings Lodge, East Coast Demerara, before they separated.
Police reported that a taxi driver, whose car is in custody, together with three other suspects were held but later released.