The estranged husband of Maryann Nauth, the woman who was brutally murdered in a city hotel, is expected to make his initial court appearance today as relatives of the slain woman prepare to bid farewell to her.
This publication was told that the man has ‘admitted’ to killing the mother of his three children. Sources close to the investigation said the man was angered after seeing what is believed to be another man’s name tattooed to the woman’s abdomen. Relatives of the dead woman said only Thursday last the woman got a new tattoo, but could not verify if it was indeed another man’s name.
The police had launched a manhunt for the suspect, since there is evidence that he had entered the K&VC Hotel on South Road, hours before Maryann Nauth’s body was discovered on a blood-soaked bed.
The woman, according to relatives, was last seen in the company of her estranged husband on Saturday around 20:30pm. Her body was discovered around 02:00 hours on Sunday.
Just before the discovery was made, the man alone was seen leaving the hotel. This prompted hotel employees to check the room they 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 the woman and her estranged husband near to the corpse. The suspect was nabbed by police on the Essequibo Coast after arriving by boat at Supernaam.