Woman held for double murder

The elderly mother and daughter lived in a mansion at the corner of Gonzalez Street and SS Erin Road in De Gannes Village, Siparia. On Carnival Monday (February 28) a neighbour who went to check on them, discovered their bodies in an advanced state of decomposition. Subsequent autopsies revealed that they died because of multiple stab wounds.

On Tuesday at their funeral service held at La Divina Pastora RC, Roman Catholic priest Fr Martin Sirju offered prayers for police investigators to find the killers. Delivering the homily, before hundreds of mourners among them President Anthony Carmona, Fr Sirju said that it was not uncommon for criminals to remain on the run without ever being charged. Residents had described the mother as a tough and astute businesswoman who owned several prime residential and commercial properties in south Trinidad.

Investigators of Homicide Region III are continuing investigations.