TWO suspects are in custody as police investigate the circumstances under which a 65-year-old woman was found murdered in her Cornelia Ida, West Coast Demerara (WCD) home on Monday. One of the persons in custody is a fisherman. The woman, who is believed to be mentally ill, was identified as Bibi Keneiz, of Ball Field Street, Cornelia Ida, WCD. The mother of three was found in a hammock with almost a dozen stab wounds about her body.
Investigators are working on the theory that the woman, who lived in a shack, may have been raped before she was stabbed to death, because she was not wearing any underwear and her skirt was pulled up to her chest. Her body was discovered by her son who had visited the shack to drop off food.
Residents said that Keneiz was last seen bathing at the seawall on Sunday, after which she went into her home.