Latest update December 19th, 2024 3:22 AM
MURDERED GRANNY, 80, FOUND NUDE, TIED TO BED
Murdered: Kharpattie Shivnauth
The nude, bound and gagged body of an 80-year-old woman was found shortly after 19:00 hrs last night in the Lot 66 Independence Street, La Grange, West Bank Demerara home in which she had lived alone.
Relatives said that Kharpattie Shivnauth was found with her hands and left foot tied to her bed with pieces of cloth. A piece of cloth was tied around her mouth.
According to her son, Gopaul Nauth, detectives who visited the scene suspect that she was also sexually assaulted.
Pointing to robbery as a motive, relatives said that a pair of gold earrings, a gold ring and two gold bands that the victim always wore were missing.
Shivnauth’s two-bedroom house was ransacked, and her son believes that the killers also made off with cash that his mother had in her home.
Relatives believe that the killers gained entry by climbing through an open window at the eastern end of the building, which had no panes.
Kaieteur News understands that Mrs. Shivnauth was last seen alive on Thursday night, when she had attended a mandir in the community. A hire car driver had then dropped her home.
A female relative, who lived a short distance away, reportedly suspected that something was amiss late yesterday evening after realizing that she had not seen the elderly woman for the day. She then contacted Shivnauth’s son and others, who went to the house and made the horrific discovery.
Gopaul Nauth, the son, said that despite her age, his mother was healthy and did all of her own chores.
“My mother was strong…is not only one person strangle her.”
Mrs. Shivnauth’s body was taken to the West Demerara Hospital Mortuary at around 22:30 hrs.
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