…suspect commits suicide
A mother of one was on Friday stabbed at least 22 times by her estrange lover, who afterwards took his own life by consuming a poisonous substance.
Dead are 20-year-old Deorani Dyal, also called “Priya” of Lot 123 Low Land, Hope, East Coast Demerara (ECD) and 28-year-old Doodnauth Ramlall, also called “Naresh”.
Reports are Dyal and Ramlall shared a relationship but as a result of domestic violence, the woman made a decision to end the union.
According to relatives, about two months ago, the couple parted ways but the man would from time to time visit the woman’s house. It was during one of those visits on Friday morning that events turned deadly.
Information reaching Guyana Times revealed Ramlall arrived at the victim’s house at about 09:30h but soon after, screams were heard emanating from the top flat of the wooden and concrete building.
The suspect was then seen running down the stairs with a blood-stained knife in his hands. Upon checking, the woman was found in a sitting position with blood oozing from her head, arm and face.
She was picked up and taken to the Dr Nicholas Hospital at Nabaclis, ECD where she was pronounced dead.
At the home of the dead woman, a sister-in-law, Jennifer Dyal, who resides in the lower flat of the family property, explained that she was attending to her chores when she heard, the woman screaming for help.
She said she ran towards the steps and it was then she saw the suspect running out with a knife in his hands. In fear that he might harm her, she stepped aside, and he ran out of the yard.
The distraught woman recalled that as she made her way into her sister-in-law’s apartment, she was confronted with her worst fears.
“Priya bin a sit down and pure blood all ova… by then I get more confused and I start scream for help… two neighbours rushed over, pick she up and put her in a taxi and tek her to the hospital,” the woman added.
The dead woman’s two-year-old son was with her at the time she was brutally stabbed to death. “When I reach up the step, she son deh standing next to she with tears in he eyes,” she related.
The child would usually stay with his grandfather in the lower flat of the house but in the mornings when he leaves for the farm, his mother would collect him. Mukesh Dyal, the dead woman’s father told Guyana Times that about a week ago, the suspect had threatened to kill his daughter, but she refused to lodge a Police complaint against him. The father also noted that he was not aware that the suspect frequented his home when he attended to his farm. When questioned, the sister-in-law, who is always at home, explained that she did not want to object to the man visiting the home since “Priya was a big girl and she did not want to intervene.”
This publication, however, leant that the now dead woman was married, and that union brought forth her son. After two years of marriage, the husband reportedly suspected that his wife was having an affair with the now dead man. The relationship turned sour and they separated. Dyal took her son with her and moved in with her father.
After some time passed, she moved in with Ramlall but after three months, she returned to her father’s home as a result of domestic violence.
Ramlall, according to the dead woman’s father, did not have a permanent job and as such, he took care of his daughter and grandson. The distressed father was in tears as he reminisced on the life of his youngest daughter, whom he described as very easy going.
Meanwhile, the killer, after committing the act, reportedly ingested several poisonous tablets before he was apprehended by the Police at Greenfield Village, ECD. He was taken to the GPHC where he was admitted under guard, but took his last breath at about 16:10h on Friday. (Bhisham Mohamed)
