An autopsy yesterday on the remains of Sattie Beekharry, the 61-year-old businesswoman who was murdered in her Atlantic Gardens, East Coast Demerara (ECD) home earlier this week revealed that she died as a result of a brain haemorrhage due to multiple trauma to her head.
Police spokesman Jairam Ramlakhan, confirmed the findings of the autopsy, which also showed that Beekharry suffered multiple fractures to her ribs.
The autopsy was conducted yesterday morning by Government Pathologist Dr. Nehaul Singh. Beekharry’s remains were identified by two of her cousins.
The businesswoman was murdered in her Lot 152-154 Begonia Drive, Atlantic Gardens, East Coast Demerara house on Monday afternoon.
Region 4(C) Commander Assistant Commissioner Royston Andries-Junor had previously told Stabroek News that the police were summoned to the scene by a neighbour, who heard Beekharry screaming for help.
By the time the police arrived, Andries-Junor had said, the place was silent but they observed an individual, believed to be the suspect, peeping through a window. The police requested entry but the individual did not open.
As a result, they broke the door and went into the house. Beekharry’s body was discovered on the floor in the kitchen, which is situated in the lower flat of the house.
The suspect, Nazeem Ali, who initially ventured into the ceiling of the house to evade the police, was subsequently arrested after teargas was used to get him out of his hiding place.
Contacted for an update yesterday, Andries-Junor told Stabroek News that the investigation has been completed and the file was sent for legal advice yesterday afternoon.
The suspect remains in police custody, he added.
Beekharry’s relatives are still puzzled as to what might have been the motive and the relationship, if any, between the suspect and her.
“At this time, no. The kids don’t know him. We don’t know him. We understand that he was a taxi driver. He use to come by and do errands for her. Up and down and stuff like that for her,” her nephew Bonnie Singh had said.
Beekharry was the mother of four children, all of whom reside overseas.
Bonny yesterday said that efforts are being made to have Beekharry’s body flown to Canada for her funeral since her children are unable to travel due to the restrictions in place for the new coronavirus disease (COVID-19).
“We are trying to send the body to Canada but it is not confirmed as yet. Because they (Beekharry’s children) can’t come to Guyana because of the COVID situation. So it’s a very difficult thing,” Bonnie noted.
Beekharry resided in Canada but would often travel here. She returned to Guyana and was unable to travel back due to the restrictions implemented as a result of COVID-19.
Tony (only name given), a handyman who works with one of Beekharry’s neighbours, had told this newspaper that he was performing his duties in the yard when he heard Beekharry shouting “Murder! Help!”
According to Tony, a man frequently visited the house and would argue with Beekharry over money. “Up to Saturday I hear she and somebody had an argument in the house fah some hundred and twenty five thousand and she seh ‘Yes, I pay the workman’ because the lady was repairing, basically doing renovation to her place,” he had said.
