Death of Essequibo pensioner….Killer inflicted injuries to fake sexual assault

Death of Essequibo pensioner….Killer inflicted injuries to fake sexual assault – nephew detained

Feb 26, 2015 News

– killers inflicted injuries to fake sexual assault

By Michael Jordan
Suroogpattie Ramlakan’s killer may not be a sadistic stranger roaming through the Richmond, Essequibo community, but a well known member of the area, with greed as his sole motive.
This is the theory that detectives are pursuing in the hope of finding the person who beat and strangled 73-year-old Ramlakan, called “Auntie Carmen’, in her home last week.
Acting on this theory and on information supplied to them, detectives yesterday detained a nephew of the slain woman. He was still in custody up to late yesterday evening.
The nephew has reportedly told investigators that he visited ‘Auntie Carmen’ regularly, and that he visited her the day prior to her death.
A post mortem has revealed that Ramlakan died from manual strangulation, compounded by blunt trauma to the head.
But the pathologist’s examination also revealed that the pensioner’s killer inflicted injuries on the old woman to make investigators believe that she was raped.
Condoms were also reportedly placed at the murder scene, and the body was also placed in a position to suggest sexual assault, when no sexual assault had occurred.
“We are looking at a number of theories, including the possibility that relatives were involved,” a police source told Kaieteur News yesterday.
A source said that detectives hope that Ramlakan’s killer left DNA evidence on her body and forensic tests may be conducted to extract such evidence from scratches the assailant inflicted during his attack.
The pensioner, who lived alone and owned at least two properties, was discovered dead last Friday by a young female neighbour, who had called for her earlier that day without getting any response.
Her night dress was pulled above her knees and her neck bore lacerations. There were other injuries that indicated sexual assault. Detectives also found a packet of condoms below a window through which the killer(s) reportedly gained entry. A raincoat was also found at the scene.
Detectives believe that Ramlakan’s killer dragged her off her bed some time between Thursday night and early Friday morning.
Residents later saw blood dripping from the slain woman’s floor.
Police said that the victim was last seen around 19:30 hrs on Thursday.