An autopsy yesterday revealed that 76-year-old retired police officer Cyril Persaud, whose decomposed body was found floating in a canal at D’Urban Backlands on Sunday, was murdered.
Police spokesman Jairam Ramlakhan yesterday confirmed that Persaud died from brain haemorrhage as a result of blunt trauma to the head compounded by compression injuries to his neck.
He also sustained blunt trauma to the abdomen and bleeding from his nostrils, Ramlakhan added.