Woman stabbed to death by ex-husband

…“I now fix she deh” – suspect tells woman’s new partner

Bibi Shazida Hanif, 45, of Samaroo Dam, Pouderoyen, West Bank Demerara, was brutally murdered in her home on Tuesday.
Hanif, a cleaner employed with Rapid Oil Field at Halliburton, was found lying in a pool of blood next to her bed with multiple stab wounds to her back. The gruesome discovery was made shortly after 05:00h, just minutes after she had reportedly called her current partner to arrange a ride to work.
According to investigators, Hanif contacted her partner, a 44-year-old Trinidadian national and Rapid Oil Field Inspector, Hayden Xavier, at around 04:44h, explaining that she was running late and asking him to pick her up from her home. Xavier told Police he was already on his way to pick her up, and while crossing the Demerara Harbour Bridge, he tried calling Hanif back, but the phone was answered by another man. He claims the voice on the other end identified himself as 53-year-old Martin True, Hanif’s ex-husband, who chillingly said, “I now fix she deh.”
Alarmed, Xavier immediately alerted the Vreed-en-Hoop Police Station before heading to Hanif’s residence. When Police arrived, they found her motionless body. She was rushed to the West Demerara Regional Hospital, where doctors pronounced her dead on arrival. Her remains were later taken to Ezekiel Funeral Home to await a post-mortem examination.
Reports are that by 08:30h, acting on intelligence, Police intercepted motorcar PZZ 3660 during a stop-and-search exercise at No. 66 Public Road, Corentyne, Berbice. The driver, a 29-year-old of Parika, East Bank Essequibo, was accompanied by a passenger later identified as Martin True.
True, who resides at Parfaite Harmonie, West Bank Demerara, was arrested, cautioned, and placed in custody at the Springlands Police Station.
Police said Hanif had been living alone at the Samaroo Dam property after moving out of Xavier’s home in Providence about two weeks ago. Her 18-year-old son, with whom she shared the house, was visiting his father in Berbice at the time of the killing.
Investigations into the murder are ongoing.