Separate funerals for murdered couple

The couple was murdered on their bed at their Limefield Road, Cochrane Village home in Point Fortin. Anthony, who worked as a security officer, will be laid to rest at La Brea Cemetery following a funeral service at the Elite Funeral Home in Point Fortin on Monday evening .

Mohammed, however, will be laid to rest at the Cap-de-Ville Cemetery following a funeral service at the Point Fortin Open Bible church today .

Anthony ,29, died on the spot after being shot once to the head while Mohammed died at the Point Fortin Area Hospital after he was shot twice to the head .

Speaking with Newsday yesterday, a close female relative of Anthony said both families had decided to host separate funeral services. “We are seeing about Luenda and Mohammed’s family are organising his funeral service which will be held in Point Fortin.”she said .

The relative said family members, including Luenda’s only daughter, were still struggling to come to terms with her (Anthony’s) death .

“We are hurting and will continue to hurt as long as. I am dreading the day of her funeral and don’t know how her little girl will hold up, but I know it is going to be very hard for her,”she said .

Police said at 1 am on Tuesday, gunshots were heard inside the couple’s house .

Anthony’s mother Nicole Anthony, who lives nearby, heard the shots and ran to her daughter’s house to investigate .

On seeing the bodies of her daughter and son-in-law covered in blood on the bed, the woman screamed, causing other neighbours to run out to see what had happened. The couple, she said, was covered in blood .

Her daughter, she said, appeared dead while Mohammed groaned and said to call an ambulance .

Investigators later found a bag of marijuana in the roadway .

It is believed that in their haste to get away, the killers dropped the bag of marijuana .

Anthony was a security officer while Mohammed worked parttime as a labourer in the Point Fortin Borough Corporation .

No arrests have been made and investigations are continuing .