THE community of Mon Repos North, East Coast Demerara (ECD) was plunged into a state of shock on Thursday after the body of 86-year-old Agnes Dilon was found in her home with several stab wounds.

According to a statement from the Guyana Police Force (GPF), Dilon was last seen alive on Wednesday by her landlord who lived in the upper flat of the two-storey wooden house.

She was last seen washing her clothes around 17:00hrs before retiring to bed.

The landlord told the police that on Thursday at 07:00hrs, he became suspicious after not seeing Dilon.

After several calls to Dilon’s cellular phone went unanswered, the landlord told investigators that he contacted a neighbour, who then prised open the woman’s window and they discovered her body on her bed.

“Police were summoned to the scene and observed the deceased woman lying motionless on her bed in a pool of blood with suspected stab wounds to her left and right upper chest, and suspected chop wounds to her right hand and right-side face,” the release said.

An emergency medical expert from the Melanie Fire Station pronounced Dilon dead. Her body was transported to the Memorial Gardens Funeral Home where an autopsy will be conducted. This is an active investigation.