Common-law husband confesses to killing drowned wife

TWO days after the death of 25-year-old Shelly Rampersaud, her husband is alleged to have confessed that he murdered her.

The body of the mother of three, who lived at Lot 34 Friendship Public Road, East Bank Demerara, was found at the bottom of her back steps, with her head in a bucket of water.

According to neighbours, she and her common-law husband, Vindra Krishna Siriram, who went home about 01:45 hrs reeking of alcohol, were heard arguing and minutes later there was an abrupt silence.
Father of the deceased, ex-policeman Orin Morris said his son-in-law visited him and told him that his daughter was dead but he did not know who killed her.
Morris said, when he went to the scene, he saw his daughter’s corpse on the ground and her head in a bucket of water near the back steps.
“When I see my daughter, I could not believe it was her. She was so blue and her neck looked as if it was broken. If my son-in-law was home at that time, he supposed to know how this happen,” the man said.
He said his granddaughter informed him that her father told her they would not see her mother anymore, that Tuesday night was her last night.
Acting Police Commissioner Seelall Persaud yesterday confirmed that the common-law husband of the dead woman confessed to killing his reputed wife at their home.
The Police Chief said that the post mortem which was conducted yesterday at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation by pathologist Dr. Nehaul Singh showed that the woman died from drowning due to neck compression injury.
The file of evidence will now be sent to the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) for legal advice.

(By Asif Hakim)