Man sleeps in bed with murdered reputed wife

Dec 23, 2011 News

A 21-year old man was arrested after he was found lying in a bed yesterday morning with the nude body of his reputed wife, whom he had allegedly murdered hours earlier.
The 20-year old woman, cane juice vendor and mother of one, Madhuri Padumdeo was discovered dead with a piece of rope tied tightly around her neck in the home she shared with her reputed husband Michael Persaud at Lot 8 North Sophia, Bel Air.

Murdered: Madhuri Padumdeo

Police said that the woman’s body was found at about 11:00 hours, with a length of electrical cord wrapped around her neck.
According to the police, her reputed husband and another man have been arrested and are in police custody assisting with the investigations.
A police source said that the other man happens to be the woman’s employer who has been implicated by her reputed husband.
However he is not being treated as the prime suspect.
Kaieteur News was told that the discovery was made sometime after lunch yesterday by the woman’s mother, Cuntie Padumdeo, who told Kaieteur News that her daughter’s employer called complaining that the young mother was late for work.
She explained that her daughter worked at the Cane Juice vendor at the University of Guyana Access Road.
The woman further told Kaieteur News that upon hearing from her daughter’s employer, she left her home and went to Sophia to investigate why her daughter wasn’t at work.
Padumdeo further told this publication that after arriving at the house, the first things she noticed was that the door was open.
The woman said she walked in and saw her daughter lying naked and motionless on the bed with a wire wrapped around her neck.

Murder accused Michael Persaud being taken away by the police yesterday.

Her daughter’s reputed husband was lying next to her sleeping.
Some suggested that he pretended to be asleep to give the impression that he was unaware of what had happened to his reputed wife.
An alarm was made and neighbours immediately started running over to the house. The police were called in also. According to the mother, her daughter’s relationship was far from a “fairytale”.
The woman told Kaieteur News that her daughter suffered constant beating at the hands of her reputed husband.
Kaieteur News was told by the mother, that her daughter had previous moved out from the home and was living with her because of the abuse.
According to the woman, two months ago, her daughter made a report to the police against her husband. “She mek de report after she move out because she wanted them to go with her so she could get her clothes,” the mother cried yesterday.
However, the now dead woman had returned to the home where she met her demise.
Meanwhile, the suspect’s relatives who also turned up at the scene are refuting claims that he was abusive to his wife. According to one relative, it was the other way around as Persaud endured years of torment from the woman. Kaieteur News was told that the woman allegedly had multiple “outside” relationships.
Also yesterday neighbours said that they remembered seeing the two, arguing and fighting in the street yesterday. One woman told Kaieteur News that she really “didn’t take it for nothing, since it was a every day thing”, between the couple.

20 thoughts on “Man sleeps in bed with murdered reputed wife”

1Falcon1 December 23, 2011 at 9:33 am

Oh! What a tragic and horrifying story to read this morning. My deepest sympathy to the sorrowing parents, brothers, sisters, relatives and friends of the late Madhuri Padumdeo. May her soul rest in peace and light perpetual shine on her. The head of Michael Persaud needs to be urgently examined. I have a gut feeling, that elements of a psychopathic personality reside there. Is this an indicator of moral decay that seems to be sequestered in various communities nationally?
blionman December 23, 2011 at 10:31 am

What a cruel way to die. These women must be protected in Guyana and the police must take these domestic abuse reports seriously. A new year is approaching with a new president so set the tone. Life must mean life in Jail.
Gt592 December 23, 2011 at 11:30 am

he watch 2 much CSI
Tessa_realgirl December 23, 2011 at 11:31 am

Really Kaieteur News, did you really put that second pic of the crime scene there, my breakfast is churning in my stomach.
anniebinks December 23, 2011 at 12:24 pm

So the woman is dead and immediately the husband’s family sets out to malign and slander a dead woman. How is it that every time a woman is murdered at the hands of a “loved one” who is often said to be abusive that suddenly she is no longer a victim but she has somehow brought this on herself . The reality in Guyana is that many women find themselves in abusive relationships which often end in their death. To try to justify these murders by maligning the character of these women is another form of abuse. Women/Men are not property and no-one has the right to treat them as such. If indeed he killed her then he will pay for his crime. May her soul rest in peace.
1. vanessaann December 23, 2011 at 3:08 pm
  
  I agree with you. I also think that when men/women commit such acts they should be hanged in public to be made an example to others. When you have a society of people that think they can take someone else’s life just like that there should be very harsh punishment for them to make them an example.
2. Inchrist Ally December 23, 2011 at 3:31 pm
  
  and then it was mention ” Kaieteur News was told that the woman allegedly had multiple “outside” relationships” i guess he had kill her for a reason den cuz i dont tink he cud of take it any more.
da kin December 23, 2011 at 12:37 pm

That guy must be seriously…..seriously….disturbed in the head. No person with a normally functioning brain would lie down there with the body. Such a shame for the young lady and her family at this time of year.
$17866490 December 23, 2011 at 12:38 pm

wow … there is even a photo … horrendous !!

priya priya priya !!
mark jacobs December 23, 2011 at 1:01 pm

kaieteur don’t fall for foolishness…outside relationships, even if true are not grounds for murder
Rajkumar Singh December 23, 2011 at 1:18 pm

This man is sick, not for the killing, but his action.
El_Senor December 23, 2011 at 1:51 pm

I would never justify such an horendous act. However, it is most unfortunate that the previous comment disregard an opposite view and seeks to place the blame on the reputed husband. I think persons familiar with this case knows different. There are many instances of female inflicted abuse in offer society which is being ignored. Until we can recognise this, we will never be effectively treating with the problem. I sincerely emphatise with both families.
FBIProber December 23, 2011 at 2:14 pm

wow this is beyond human natural behavior. In the 1st place why did she return a mother lost her daughter, a brother lost a sister and most of all a son lost her mother. Quite horrific things men seems to be doing in Guyana. It happens all over the world but one will not come to believe because of the strong culture Guyana inherits one will think twice to do such a insane act. KN you shouldn’t publish the photo of the woman it looks abit raw knowing the circumstance what took place. By reading the article one will tend to comprehend what took place.
Schendy Timmerman December 23, 2011 at 2:29 pm

this is crazy,women be very careful,do not put up with abuse of any form.
Politricks_4U December 23, 2011 at 4:29 pm

Very very sad…..RIP Madhuri.
Some people really deserve the cat-o-nine tails.
Lowes1 December 23, 2011 at 6:42 pm

On being arrested he should have been in handcuffs rather than using the old Guyanese grabbing method.
eve44 December 23, 2011 at 7:40 pm

Yet another female bites the dust at the hands of her husband. Sleeping with her only shows how sick the human mind can become. As for the family, well if he was suffering at the hands of his now-deceased wife why the hell did he not exercise his civic right, and report it to the ranks. Even them who now know so much about everything, could have made a report on his behalf. It wopn’t save his ass from time in Camp Street. Time with hard labor should be considered. What is becoming of these women in Guyana?. Why are they taking so much abuse from these men? Rise up women and take your rightful stand even if it means cut ass for cut ass, blow for blow or cuff for cuff. We must send a strong message to a few of them. Enough is more than enough. Remember Burning Bed starring Farrah Fawcett. Send a stroing message that even the governement would take stock and implement measures.
Out here even chemical castration is considered.
Vanessa Welcome December 23, 2011 at 11:39 pm

What are these people talking about? can’t a woman drink a glass of wine, is that not her god given right who the hell are these controling men to tell a woman what to do where to go and how to behave. In my opinion Guyanese men are too controling. Even if this woman had multiple relationships, is that grounds for killing her, he couldn’t get another woman and move on. His family should be very ashamed to be scandling the dead woman’s name like that, instead they should seek to now train the other males in their family differently, so that they will treat a woman with respect and care and not harm them then they wouldn’t have reason to go outside the relationship to seek better treatment. He has a very sick mind to kill that woman and then sleep in the same bed with her……look at what you have raised for a human…..disgusting.
Bars4 December 24, 2011 at 7:36 am

First that picture this new papers had up earlier is disrespectful to the dead n a story has more than one side we should look at both side before jud
Saying crap this girl had spent the night with this guy n her other man together drinking n having sex she was not all inconnce but as usual when most ppl daughter die or go missing u don’t hear the bad side all u hear is how good girl she was n how bad husband she had bull this is my nephew
Provina December 27, 2011 at 5:03 pm

this just shows how sick and heartless people today are . . .