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Cops to check computer for clues

Mar 06, 2010 News

Police are hoping that a laptop computer that was retrieved from the Bel Air apartment of Cuban physiotherapist Guillermo Valintin Martinez Stable will reveal why he apparently killed his friend, Usawatie Persaud, then took his own life.
Kaieteur News has confirmed that the computer was found submerged in water-filled washing machine in the apartment.
The unusual location of the computer has led investigators to suspect that it is somehow linked to the tragedy.
A police official said that efforts are to make to retrieve the information that was stored on the computer.
The decomposing bodies of 58-year-old Martinez and 47-year-old Persaud were found in the apartment, located at Lot 136 Eping Avenue, Bel Air, shortly after 14:00 hrs on Thursday.
Persaud’s nude and mutilated corpse was found on a blood-soaked mattress in the hallway.
Police said that the woman’s body bore five stab wounds to the throat, chest and stomach. Some investigators suspect that she was attacked while sleeping on the mattress.
Police retrieved a bloodstained knife from the apartment.
Martinez’s body, with no marks of violence, was found on his bed. He was clad in a pair of three-quarter pants.
According to a source, he was lying on his back, with his hands on his chest. His spectacles were nearby.
Yesterday, police again stated that they believed that Martinez murdered Persaud before taking his own life.
Police stated that the Cuban’s mouth was filled with an unidentified liquid, which they suspect he ingested.
Investigators took samples of the liquid which is to be tested in the police laboratory.
Yesterday, Persaud’s husband and a son travelled to Georgetown to identify her body.

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