Mom among three killed in south Trinidad

The two other victims are electrician Marvin Ravello, 41, of Samuel Cooper Road, Moruga and fisherman David Hinkson, 37, of Sunset Beach, Point Fortin.

Ravello was killed in a driveby shooting while Hinkson was shot and killed outside his home, both on Wednesday night.

In the latest killing in south, police believe that Titus knew her killer. Reports are that about 6.30 am step-father Horace Charles discovered Titus’s body in a pool of blood in the laundry area near the kitchen of the home located at San Fabian Road, Springland, Gasparillo. Her throat was slit and she was semi-nude.

The elderly man reported to police that he last saw her alive about three hours earlier cooking in the kitchen while in the company of a man.

At the time, he went to retrieve something in the kitchen and retired to bed shortly after. When Charles woke up and made the discovery, the man was nowhere in sight. Titus’ cellular phone was also missing.

A male resident later discovered the blood-stained phone in a bushy area behind the house and handed it over to detectives at the Homicide Bureau (Region Three). Only Charles and Titus lived in the house.

As news of the murder spread in the community, residents gathered outside the house. Relatives who also visited the scene were too distraught to speak with reporters. One female relative described Titus as “a very loving person.” Inspector Gajadhar together with Cpl Rahim, PC Moses, of the Southern Division and Homicide Bureau, visited the scene and combed the area for the killer.

An arrest is yet to be made.

Ten hours earlier, at about 8.30 pm on Wednesday, Moruga resident Ravello, 41, was standing along the roadside at Contention Street, Indian Walk, Moruga, when a car approached and slowed down. Residents told police that they heard several gunshots ring out followed by the screeching sounds of tyres as the driver speed off. Ravello died at the scene and yesterday his brother in law, Raymond Dyer, said the family was baffled over the killing.

“As far as I know, he had no beef with anyone. Marvin was a cool and humble fella,” Dyer said.

His father, Lawrence Ravello, told reporters yesterday at the Forensic Science Centre in St James, that the incident did not make sense to him.

“These gunmen need to stop,” he said. “What sense does it make, killing a man for nothing? They didn’t rob him, because he was found with all his gold and his money, and he was never involved in anything - he didn’t even smoke. This is a total shock for me.” Half-an-hour later, detectives of the Homicide Bureau went to Hinkson’s home at Sunset Beach, Point Fortin.

Police reports are that at about 9 pm on Wednesday, someone called out to Hinkson who was inside the house in the company of two female relatives. He walked outside and, on reaching the gates, he was shot multiple times.

Only on Wednesday at about 7 am, relatives discovered the body of Selvin Sammy, 47, downstairs the family’s home, at Country Trace, Fanny Village, located a short distance away from where Hinkson was killed.