A Baramita, North West District man was on Monday remanded for the murder of his common-law wife Ruthina Thomas, whose lifeless body was discovered along a roadway in the community.
The accused, Ruben Baird, of Baramita, North West District, in Region One, was not required to plead to the charge, which alleged that he murdered Thomas on October 24th.
Baird was arraigned before Magistrate Dylon Bess at the Matthews Ridge Magistrate’s Court. He is remanded until the February 7th, 2019, when the next hearing is slated.
An autopsy conducted on Thomas’ body on Thursday last found the cause of her death to be asphyxiation due to manual strangulation, compounded by blunt trauma to the head.
The body of 23-year-old Thomas was discovered by residents, who later alerted police.
