Kwakwani mid-wife strangled to death – PM

…3 in Police custody

The autopsy conducted on the body of Paulette Wade, whose body was found in her Kwakwani Park, Upper Berbice River home, by her six-year-old daughter, revealed the woman was strangled to death. Wade, a 37-year-old nurse/mid-wife attached to the Kwakwani Hospital, died sometime between 21:00h on Thursday and 06:30h on Friday at her residence. The autopsy was conducted at the Wismar Hospital Mortuary by Government Pathologist, Dr Nehaul Singh. According to information from the Police, Dr Singh gave the cause of death “as asphyxiation due to manual strangulation compounded by blunt trauma to the head.

Moreover, the Police detailed that three males are in custody assisting with the investigation. The woman reportedly went to bed with her six-year-old daughter on Thursday night and was found dead by the child on Friday morning. The woman’s husband was not at home at the time as he was said to be working in the interior. The child reportedly found her mother lying motionless on the floor in the bedroom. She called out for her mother who was not responding, as such, she opened the back door and went to her nine-year-old friend who lives in the next street and told her what she saw.
They then went over the road to the hospital compound and told the security guard who then informed staff at the hospital. The Police were then notified, and nurses and a doctor went over to the home and pronounced Wade dead. Investigators reportedly found Wade’s body lying face down on a concrete floor clad in pink night clothes. According to information reaching Guyana Times, the woman had small bruises on her elbow and blood was seen on her mouth. No forced entry was seen on the house, nor was anything observed ransacked in the home. An investigation has been launched.