Father and daughter funeral tomorrow

The little girl, a first year student of the Caparo Roman Catholic Primary School will be buried alongside her father Solomon Joseph, 36, at the Mamoral Public Cemetery following a 2 pm service at Solomon’s home on Mamoral Main Road. Saleesha and Solomon were shot to death at the home of her (Saleesha) mother Kernisha Bissoon, 22, at Leekam Road in Mamoral.

The double murder took place sometime between last week Thursday and Friday. Police believe gunmen made Solomon watch as they shot his daughter once in the neck. He was later shot twice in the abdomen.

The double murder rocked the rural community leaving many stunned. Yesterday, grandfather Peter Joseph told Newsday the overwhelming support of family and friends have been giving him the strength to carry on. “We have to deal with it...what can you do,” he asked rhetorically.

In several Facebook posts on Saturday, Bissoon expressed her love for her daughter and questioned why little Saleesha and Solomon both had to leave her at the same time especially at a time when she (Bissoon) was still struggling to deal with her mother’s death. Investigators are yet to establish a motive for the murder.

No one has been arrested. Homicide officers are investigating.