As investigations continue into the brutal murder of Maryann Nauth, whose butchered body was found in a city hotel, a massive manhunt has been launched for the woman’s estranged husband.
This publication was told that police ranks yesterday swooped down at a house which the man shared with his mother at Independence Boulevard, La Penitence. However they came up empty handed as the man was not there.
Murdered: Maryann Nauth
Reports are that the man’s mother told investigators that she last saw her son early Saturday morning and has not seen or heard from him since. Reports are that the description given to investigators by hotel staffers, strongly suggests that the woman entered the hotel with her estranged husband.
Nauth, a mother of three, was discovered lying in a room at the K &VC Hotel on South Road. The woman, according to relatives, was last seen in the company of her estranged husband on Saturday night around 20:30pm. The woman’s body was discovered around 02:00 hours on Sunday.
Reports are that the woman checked into the hotel late Saturday night in the company of a man. Just before the discovery was made the man alone was seen leaving the hotel. This prompted hotel employees to check the room he had rented.
There they made the gruesome discovery of Nauth’s body with a knife still stuck in the centre of her chest. There was also a photograph of a man and a woman left beside her.
Initial reports also suggest that the woman’s body bore about 20 stab wounds.