Police are still to ascertain the cause of death of 56-year-old Bibi Nesha Shairoon called “Shakeela” whose bounded body was discovered in her Lot 3 Novar, Mahaicony East Coast Demerara home on Monday.

The results of a post mortem examination conducted on the body Wednesday was inconclusive, Police Public Relations Officer Jairam Ramlakhan told the Guyana Chronicle.

Initially, this newspaper reported that the post mortem result points to blunt trauma to the head and evidence suggested that she was sexually molested. This information was given to the Guyana Chronicle by a senior police official. Two persons of interest remained in police custody assisting with the probe.

Police reported that those in custody are from the area and includes a teenager, who had a quarrel with the woman on Friday over coconuts and an adult man, who is said to be a fisherman.

“The boy that get arrest use to visit the woman shop steady to buy phone cards, and she always catching him thieving her fruits from the trees in her backyard,” one resident told this newspaper.

The dead woman operated a grocery store that also sold garden chemicals, cell phone cards and cell phones. It was situated in the lower flat of her home, which was also ransacked.

The body of the woman, who lived alone, was found by a relative, who went to check on her after she was not seen since Saturday and her shop was unopened at about 6:00 hrs on Monday.

The shop owner was found with her feet and hands tied with what appeared to be marks of violence on her body which was directed mostly to her head. The intruders gained access to the house by ripping out a few boards of the wall on the lower flat of the house after which they ransacked the place and carted off with valuables including money, phone cards among other things.