Woman’s nude body found

According to reports at 5 pm, the woman decided to visit her mother Christiana Lewis when she discovered Lewis’s body lying face down in a house. Officers of the Sangre Grande Police Station and Homicide Investigations Bureau were alerted and a party of officers led by Snr Supt Nelson and including Insp Ken Lutchman, Sgt Harper, PC Sankar, Siew and WPC Kiray visited the scene along with a district medical officer.

The daughter told police she last saw her mother alive last Friday.

Investigators said the wooden house where Lewis’ body was found was ransacked with food and clothing strewn all over the floor. The victim was not known to be suffering from any illness and police suspect she may have been sexually assaulted.

The body was removed to the Forensic Science Centre in St James for an autopsy to be done.

The murder toll for the year stands at 272