Elderly woman’s murder: Suspect admits to killing pensioner over unpaid “weeding” money

A 26-year-old man has confessed to Police that he killed 87-year-old Agnes Dillon of Lot 32 Mon Repos North, East Coast Demerara, after she refused to pay him for weeding work he did in her yard.
Dillon was on Thursday discovered in the bottom flat of a two-storey wooden building at Mon Repos with several chop and stab wounds.

The victim had last been seen washing clothes on Wednesday at about 17:00h. On Thursday, the landlady did not see the victim, and as such called out to her, but there was no answer. This prompted her to contact a neighbour and ask him to check on Dillon.
Upon checking, the neighbour found the main door reportedly secured from the inside. He, too, called out to the elderly woman, but to no avail. Suspecting something was amiss, he went to the woman’s bedroom window and managed to get it open.
Upon looking into the bedroom, he saw her lying in a motionless state on the bed. He returned to the main door, which he prized open and entered the house. A closer inspection revealed that the woman was lying in a pool of blood. Police at Beterverwagting Police Station were called to the scene.
This newspaper understands that acting upon information received on July 2, ranks proceeded to the home of the construction worker/labour at 2nd Street Mon Repos, East Coast Demerara. He was arrested at about 04:45h. During interrogation on Sunday, the suspect confessed that he and the elderly woman had a confrontation over monies owed to him for weeding her yard. He admitted that he stabbed the woman and threw the murder weapon away.
A source close to the investigation told this publication on Sunday that the suspect took ranks to the scene and pointed out how and where he gained access into the victim’s home.
He also showed ranks some dense vegetation where he threw the murder weapon. However, a search was carried out in the area but the weapon was not found. The suspect remains in custody pending charge.