Prime suspect in Penal murder released

THE suspect held in connection with the murder of a mother of two, who was strangled and then left hanging in the gallery of her Penal home, has been released by Southern Division Homicide Bureau investigators.

The 35-year-old man was released Thursday afternoon since investigators did not have sufficient evidence to seek directions from the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) to charge him with the murder of 27-year-old Sherry Ann Ablack. However, investigators said the man remains the main suspect in the murder and investigations are continuing. Police said the killer strangled Ablack, then tied a noose around her neck and hung her from a rafter in the gallery of her July Branch Trace, Penal Rock Road home, to make it look as if she committed suicide. Her body was discovered around 8.15 pm by her husband Khemchan Maharaj, after he awoke from sleep and went in search of her.