Woman STRANGLED TO DEATH

JUDY Rosales, mother of three daughters, remained mystified as to why anyone would want to strangle her 23-year-old daughter to death.

“Why? Why? Why?” Rosales queried yesterday from the Forensic Science Centre while awaiting the post mortem report on the actual cause of death of Roxanne Superville, her second daughter. The autopsy performed by forensic pathologist Dr Eastlyn Burris revealed she died from strangulation.  The police are also looking at the possibility that Roxanne was raped but tests are not conclusive. Senior officers said they are working along “systematic lines” and it is believed that Roxanne knew the person who ended her life. Roxanne, who worked as a floor manager at Casino Royale Limited, Queen’s Park West, was found dead around 5.45am yesterday by Gerard Henry, an employee of the Ministry of Agriculture.

According to the police, Henry was walking along La Grine Road, Maracas, St Joseph, when he stumbled upon Roxanne’s body. There was a shoe lace tied around her neck. Her body, clad in an olive green skirt outfit was found at the side of a dirt road, a good distance from where she lived at Balata Trace, in the same district. The young woman had left her place of employment around 4 am yesterday in company with co-workers, with whom she travelled from Port-of-Spain in a maxi taxi.  She had picked up duties at the casino from 4 pm Wednesday. Roxanne is reported to have dropped off in Curepe, from where she took a Maracas/St Joseph taxi by the Priority Mall. The vehicle was supposed to take her to her home, but she never reached her destination.

Judy Rosales said nothing of importance was taken from her daughter, but that a pair of shoes was missing.  She said Roxanne normally carries two pairs of shoes, but that one pair could not be located. “I know if she was attacked, she would have fought for her life,” Judy said, trying her best to prevent the tears from falling.  She said she was at work when she received the terrible news yesterday. Judy is employed as an office attendant at the University of the West Indies (UWI).  She said when she got the news she immediately left for the scene where she was met by other family members. “I just started to bawl and cry.  I will miss her so much,” Judy said, describing her daughter as a kind and loving person who interfered with no one.

Judy further said that her daughter never told her if she had ever received threats to her life.  Roxanne’s aunt, Patricia Rosales, described her niece as an independent person, who was willing to help everyone. Rosales was the first of the family members to have seen the body.  She was plying her car for hire when she heard the news.  The description of the deceased is what made her rush to the scene. After the discovery, Henry, of Green Hill, Maracas/St Joseph,  contacted the police and a party of officers headed by ASP Fitzroy Frederick and including Insps Lester Hutchings Michael Modeste, Sgt Johnnie Abraham and others visited the scene. The District Medical Officer (DMO) pronounced her dead and ordered the body removed to the Forensic Science Centre.  No arrests had been made up to late evening and Insp Modeste of the St Joseph Criminal Investigations Department (CID) is continuing investigations.