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Mahaica murder/suicide… Woman chopped 33 times, husband drank pesticide – PM
A post mortem examination of the body of 26-year-old Vanessa Richmond-James has revealed the brutality inflicted on her by her now dead husband.
Vanessa Richmond-James
The post mortem, which was performed by Dr. Nehaul Singh, revealed that Richmond’s husband inflicted no less than 33 incise wounds to her body, after bludgeoning her with a hammer in what could only be described as a heinous crime of passion.
The woman’s semi-nude body was discovered in her Jonestown, Mahaica, East Coast Demerara house early Saturday morning with a pillow over the head. The hands and feet were bound with a bed sheet and curtains, and the throat was slit.
Police say that apart from some bloody knives, they also recovered a hammer with hair samples on it.
They believe that Richmond-James’s husband Ryan struck her unconscious before carving up her body. The man then ingested pesticide before running over to a neighbour’s house to inform them about his act.
Investigators also disclosed that they had recovered eight bottles of different pesticides from the crime scene on the morning of the murder. They believe that James took a deadly cocktail, which might have caused him to succumb even before he could reach for medical attention.
While the case is an open and shut one, investigators are still toying with a few theories as to what might have led the ex-soldier to go berserk.
James was described as an easy-going church boy.
Ryan James
“Dem is church people. I don’t know wha really happen,” a neighbour of the couple told this newspaper.
The couple’s two-year-old son is now left in the care of his grandparents.
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