Berbice hairdresser murdered, body wrapped in plastic, dumped

…GDF rank arrested for questioning

The lifeless body of a hairdresser was found wrapped in plastic at Courtland Village Public Road, Berbice on Thursday. The dead woman has been identified as 29-year-old Donalesa Park of #2 Village, East Canje Berbice.
Based on information received, the mother of one had left home on Wednesday at about 8:00h to plait a client’s hair, but never showed up. On Thursday morning, relatives became worried and started to call friends and other relatives to enquire about her whereabouts. However, the woman’s body was discovered at about 7:00h wrapped in plastic on an open plot of land.

Police, in a statement to the press, have said that the now-dead woman’s sister had last saw her sibling alive on Wednesday at about 08:00h at home. While at home, Park had told her sister that she was going to braid someone’s hair at Fort Ordinance, East Canje, Berbice.
“About 06:00h on Thursday, the sister called the individual whose hair Donalesa told her she was going to braid, but the individual related that she never showed up, and explained that the woman called and told her she had to go to Corentyne”, the Police statement added.
At about 07:00h, the woman’s body was found wrapped in plastic along the Courtland Village Public Road, Corentyne, Berbice in an open plot of land.
Following the discovery, an uncle, Mortimer Amsterdam, explained that his niece had been in the hairdressing business for about 15 years. He said he had received a telephone call from his sister, who told him that her daughter had not been seen since Wednesday morning, when she had left the house. In addition, calls to her cellphone went unanswered for a short period, and the phone was later turned off.
He noted that the woman would conduct business with a serving member of the Guyana Defence Force, and she might have gone to collect the items.
“He does normally bring detergent for Donalisa from Lethem…so she went to collect the stuff, and since then they ain’t see she back…,” Amsterdam added.
The aggrieved uncle further stated that they were home when they received information that the woman’s body was found along the Corentyne.
“They find her in the grass opposite the main access road in a plastic wrap-up… So far, we don’t know anything…the doctor and crime people at the scene ain’t tell we anything as yet,” the uncle related.

The family is suspecting the GDF rank is the main suspect in the murder of the mother of one.
“We were told the boy pickup he bag and went away early Thursday morning and say he going to work… we later understand that the army people say that he is not working till next week…when my other niece try to call him, he tell them to stop molesting he phone.”
The GDF rank, Amsterdam added, is known to the family. The identify and other particulars of the suspect have been handed over to the Police as they continue their investigations.
Meanwhile, Crime Chief Wendell Blanhum has confirmed that the information was passed on to the Guyana Defence Force. As such, the soldier was handed over to the Major Crime Unit late on Thursday afternoon, and he is being interrogated in connection with the murder.
The woman’s remains have been taken to Ramoo’s Funeral Home to await a post-mortem. The woman leaves to mourn her five-year-old son and other relatives.