A POST MORTEM was, on Wednesday morning, done on 68-year-old Margaret Dawson, whose lifeless body was found among tombs at Le Repentir Cemetery, two days ago.
The body of Dawson, a security guard attached to the Professional Guard Service (PGS), was, on Monday, discovered by a passerby using a shortcut in the cemetery which leads into Albouystown.
Her body was discovered, against a grave stone, with her clothes ripped off, along with marks of violence which suggested that she might have been sexually assaulted. Her belongings were also missing.
A taxi driver and a 17-year-old lad were arrested for the crime.
The woman was last seen alive on Sunday night when she left her daughter’s Albouystown home for work.
Dawson moved to the city from Timehri to avoid taking public transportation, in order to protect herself from COVID-19.
She reportedly called a taxi service for a car to take her to work.
The older suspect is attached to the same taxi service and is known to Dawson. The teen, who lives in Albert Street, Albouystown is known to the taxi driver and was picked up beforehand.
The two allegedly attacked the woman in the cemetery, robbing her in the process.
The men then sexually assaulted her. During their initial investigation, police arrested the taxi driver following a tip-off and the man was found with the woman’s rings in his pocket. He is said to be known to the woman and her family members.
Further investigations led to the arrest of the teen who was found with the woman’s phone.
On Wednesday a post mortem report revealed that the woman died due to multiple injuries in including blunt trauma to the head.
The body also bore evidence of ligature strangulation, fractures to the spine and neck, along with indication that she was raped.
Police investigation is still ongoing.