Businesswoman chopped to death

The victims are Angeline Ali, Jamal George and Mikel Waljobe .

Homicide detectives were yesterday viewing CCTV (closed-circuit television) footage with the hope of solving the murder of Ali, a 56-year-old contractor, who was chopped and stabbed to death at her home in Barrackpore .

Ali of Shaliza General Contractors Limited was attacked at her home on Papourie Road, Lower Barrackpore, at about 2 pm last Friday .

A police report stated her husband, Raffick, found her body on the floor of the living room. Raffick told police had left their home at about an hour earlier to conduct a business transaction and on his return, he found his wife’s body with multiple wounds .

Police investigators said an estimated $20,000 has been reported missing from the house .

A party of officers from the Barrackpore Police Station and Homicide Bureau (San Fernando) visited the scene and conducted investigations .

Police recovered a bloodstained cutlass which they believe was the weapon used to commit the crime .

A District Medical Officer ordered the removal of the body to the mortuary of the San Fernando General Hospital, for transfer to the Forensic Science Centre, St James for an autopsy tomorrow .

A party of detectives returned to the scene yesterday and viewed video footage obtained from Ali’s premises and the surrounding area with the hope of identifying the killers .

When Newsday visited the house yesterday, relatives were too distraught to speak .

The killings continued hours later, when, at about 9.40 pm, Jamal George, 29, was shot dead in Belmont .

According to reports, George had dropped his girlfriend home at Joseph Trace, Upper Belmont Valley Road, when gunman approached and shot him as he walked past a bar. He died at the scene .

And yesterday, at about 7.20 am, the body of 30-year-old Mikel Waljobe was noticed in Arima by a passer-by who reported the matter to the police .

Officers from the Arima CID responded and Waljobe of Jonestown, Arima was found 60 feet inside a footpath running along the cemetery on King Street .

He was dressed in a short pants, jersey and slippers, and had a bloody wound to the back of his head. A spent shell was found nearby .

Inquiries are continuing .