Police in B Division have intensified the search for the Sheet Anchor man, who on Wednesday morning, beat and chopped his wife, Mintie Karamchand, 40, to death.
Karamchand, of Lot 19, Sheet Anchor Village, East Canje, Berbice sustained wounds to her wrist and feet, along with several lashes with a wooden bench to her head.
Goldburn December, also known as, “Goldie”, 47, of the same address, after carrying out the heinous attack around 9.30 am on Wednesday morning, fled the scene with an item looking like a rope, shouting that he was going to kill himself. Persons saw him jump off the Canje Bridge into the Canje Creek, which is located near to the scene of the incident. However, there was speculation that the man might have swum out of the creek and escaped. A police source confirmed to Stabroek News that footprints had been found in close proximity to the Canje Creek.
However, Commander of B Division, Ian Amsterdam, yesterday told Stabroek News that while police had intensified the manhunt, so far investigators had not picked up any major leads. However, he stressed that the search for December will continue until he is found, whether dead or alive.
After Karamchand informed December that she was moving out of the house, he reportedly used a “chopper” to slash her wrists and ankles.
Drucilla December, the couple’s eldest daughter, who was at home during the attack, had told Stabroek News that she ran downstairs after she heard screams coming from her mother, only to discover the woman jumping out of the (downstairs) kitchen window, with blood dripping from her hands and feet.
The daughter relayed that her father had ordered her out of the way as he picked up a wooden bench and slammed it into Karamchand’s head three times.
Karamchand was pronounced dead on arrival at the New Amsterdam Public Hospital around 10:30 am on Wednesday.
Drucilla had explained that the couple had been together for some twenty-four years, and had five children. However, about eight years ago, her father left the family and went to live in Suriname. However, he was deported from Suriname last month and had moved back into the house at Lot 19, Sheet Anchor Village.
Drucilla confirmed that during the eight years her mother had moved on with someone else and this had annoyed her father. “He did try touching her and she did tell him that she don’t like it, and I told him don’t touch her and he stopped,” the daughter said. The daughter stressed that although the duo lived in the same house since her father’s return from Suriname, “they were not back together”. She added that since returning, her father would imbibe regularly.
Anyone with information on the whereabouts of December can contact the nearest police station.
