Berbice mother kills bedridden daughter, then dies by suicide

A Berbice mother and daughter are now dead, and police are treating the case as a murder/suicide.

Dead are 73-year-old Lilowttie Baker, called ‘Kamo’, and her daughter, 52-year-old Devi Nandlall, called ‘Linda’, both of whom had resided at Warren Village, East Coast Berbice, Region Six (East Berbice-Corentyne).
The incident occurred on August 21, and Baker died on the same day while Nandlall passed away two days later, on Friday.
Nandlall had been bedridden for the past 34 years, after falling ill at the age of 14.
She had eventually been confined to a bed and wheelchair four years later, as her condition had worsened. According to her stepfather, Frankie Baker, two weeks before the incident, his daughter had not been eating or drinking anything – refusing all that she was given.
He said that on Wednesday last, the daughter asked for some water to drink, and his wife took care of that task.
However, moments later, the wife reportedly made a shocking confession.
Baker explained that he was speaking with a relative on the phone when his wife came up to him and gave him a small fabric bag and said goodbye to him.
“Kamo called me next to the door and she say, ‘Franky, look this thing’, and I know this is the bag that have me and she jewels inside. So I say, ‘Kamo, why you giving me this?’, and she say, ‘Bye’.”
He said he enquired the reason for her utterances and was told that she had consumed a poisonous substance and had also given some to her daughter.
“Me grabble she and she collapse, and ah put she down on the ground and run inside to the daughter. The daughter mouth clean. Ah say, ‘Ow Kamo, look what you done to your daughter and what you done to yourself.’ I squeeze her mouth and push my finger down her throat for her to vomit out, because I don’t know what to do…I start get stupid,” Baker said as he broke down in tears.
Neighbours were alerted, and the mother and daughter were rushed to the New Amsterdam Hospital. The mother passed away a few hours later, while the daughter died on Friday.
Baker disclosed that he was on his way to the hospital on Friday when he received a telephone call informing him that his daughter had passed away earlier in the afternoon.
According to Baker, his wife had been receiving psychiatric help, and on many occasions, he had purchased the medication for her.
Anyone who needs someone to talk to, or knows someone who is in need of immediate assistance, is asked to call the Suicide Prevention Hotline on 223-0001, 223-0009, 600-7896, or 623-4444, and speak with a professional counsellor. (G4)