The post-mortem examination performed on the body of 83-year-old Chandarie Budhoo, who was found dead in her Tain, Corentyne, Berbice home on Wednesday has proven that she was murdered.
Murdered: Chandarie Budhoo
The autopsy was performed by Government Pathologist Dr Nehaul Singh, who gave the cause of death as asphyxiation due to ligament strangulation, and suffocation due to blunt trauma to the head.
Budhoo, called “Auntie Dayo”, of Lot 83 Sixth Street Tain, was found with her hands and feet bound by a caretaker who had gone to take her breakfast.
At the time of the discovery, two bags were packed with items suspected to have been taken from the home but left behind by the perpetrators.
Following the discovery, several persons were arrested including an unemployed man who lives behind Budhoo’s house.
Budhoo had been living alone for the past two decades. Her home had been broken into twice this year, and on both occasions, she had been tied up.
Earlier in the year, passersby heard the woman screaming for assistance and as persons ran to check, she was found with both of her feet and hands bound.
That time, the perpetrators had assaulted her while demanding valuables. They would have escaped with an undisclosed sum of local and foreign currencies, together with a gold chain and a gold bangle.
This newspaper was told that the woman had been a frequent visitor to the United States, but had spent most of her time in Guyana.
Meanwhile, two persons remain in custody for the murder, and the police are hunting a third person as they continue their investigations.
