An autopsy yesterday failed to establish the cause of the death of Chandrawattie Williams, the Bath woman whose partially decomposed body was found on Tuesday and as a result her husband remains in custody for questioning as police continue to investigate.
The body of Williams, also known as ‘Geeta,’ 44, of Bath Squatting Area, West Coast Berbice, was discovered by her 13-year-old son around in their house on Tuesday evening.
Her husband, who the woman’s close friends and neighbours accused of abusing her for 20 years, was arrested on Thursday at a relative’s house on the East Coast of Demerara.
According to a police source, the man has not said much since his arrest.
Neighbours said the last time they saw Williams was on Sunday. They noted that on the same day, her husband allegedly launched a physical assault on the woman, as he would normally do.
The residents had said that the woman sustained severe injuries over the years due to the abuse. However, she would often return home after separating from the man for some time. The man had been charged with assaulting the woman in the past, while only early last week he was arrested after he ran his son-in-law with a cutlass.
