Human remains found

It was only two weeks ago, that a wallet containing documents belonging to the wanted man, along with clothes he was last seen wearing and his cell phone were found in the same area. The items were turned over to police. It was not how Heeralal’s still grieving relatives hoped it would have ended for Rampersad, who chopped his common law wife and mother of two to death on September 7.

The couple had a stormy relationship.

Relatives wanted to see Rampersad face trial for what he did to their loved one. During the melee, he also chopped Heeralal’s daughter Sydney, 13. He was never seen after committing the deadly act. It is believed he took his own life shortly after committing murder.

At 5 pm on Monday, a resident was clearing land behind his house for cultivation when he stumbled upon the skeletal remains.

Police were called in.

The remains were removed to the Forensic Science Centre in St James for autopsy. Relatives of the wanted man are expected to give DNA samples to assist in identification.

“Behind that neighbour’s house have plenty bush and trees and there is also a river running through. Some of the bones were found close to the river,” said a relative of the murdered woman.

Despite the trauma, Sydney wrote the SE A exam last week and relatives are hoping for a good result so as to lift her out of her depressed state over her mother’s death. Heeralal also had a 15-year-old son.

Rampersad was a father of four.