Patricia Sanasie, who was gunned down on Monday night in front of her daughter at their home in Atlantic Gardens, East Coast Demerara, died of multiple gunshot wounds, a senior police officer said yesterday.
Auto dealer, Deokarran ‘Ram’ Sanasie’s wife was riddled with bullets on Monday night by a gunman dressed in all-black with a mask. Sanasie, 45, was shot point-blank, five times to her upper body around 7:30pm after exiting her car to open her gate.
She was fumbling to open the gate when a silver-grey Toyota Raum pulled up in front of them, and a man pulled out a gun, pointed it at Sanasie and started shooting.
The post-mortem was performed yesterday at the Georgetown Public Hospital and the report revealed that she was shot five times about her body.
The police were still on the hunt for the killer up to yesterday afternoon.
The killing occurred just a month shy of the one-year anniversary of an attempted hit on her husband, who would later accuse her of being behind a plot to kill him. He is said to have been in the United States since late last year after initially moving from their home.
On February 12, 2014, Deokarran Sanasie was shot several times about his body while drinking in the vicinity of his auto sales business at Fourth and Light streets, Alberttown. He was rushed to a private city hospital, where he was treated for gunshot wounds.
He later expressed concerns for his safety and went into hiding.
During that time, his wife and her brother were held in connection with the shooting. However, Patricia Sanasie had denied having any involvement in the attempted hit on her husband.
It was that incident which caused the couple to separate, a source had told Stabroek News.
The source had also indicated that Patricia Sanasie had become fearful for her life and was planning to migrate to the US.
The source added that money became the root of the tumultuous relationship between the husband and wife.
“She used to complain that he trying to cheat she of money,” the source said, adding that the woman claimed she found out that her husband had sold properties behind her back and kept the proceeds to himself.
Another source stated that Deokarran Sanasie had also accused Patricia Sanasie of selling out his properties.
