A 47-year-old security guard was today remanded to prison after he was charged with the murder of Cummings Lodge resident, Merlyn Singh who was discovered dead in her bedroom two Fridays ago.
Ravindra Ramdeen, a father of three of Lot 481 9th Street, Cummings Lodge was not required to plead to the indictable charge.
He appeared before Magistrate Alisha George at the Sparendaam Magistrate’s Court.
Ramdeen was remanded to prison until February 1st, 2021.
The lifeless body of Singh also known as ‘Jean’ was discovered in her bedroom at Lot 415 Eight Street, South East Cummings Lodge around 8 am on December 11.
She was allegedly beaten and strangled the night before.
Merlyn lived in the upper flat of the house with her brother and sister-in-law while her father occupied the lower flat of the house. The woman was last seen alive on December 9th.
Stabroek News was told that Merlyn was left home alone around 2 pm on December 10th. Her sister-in-law attended a wedding in Mahaica while her brother went to work. Merlyn’s father was at home at the time but he has a hearing problem.
This newspaper understands that on the morning on December 11th, Merlyn’s father woke up and called out for her several times but got no answer. He did not sense anything was amiss since he assumed she was not at home.
However, relatives became suspicious when the dead woman’s brother returned home and also called out to her but he, too, did not get any answer. As a result, he decided to check on her when he made the gruesome discovery.
A post-mortem examination was subsequently performed which revealed that Merlyn died as a result of asphyxiation due to manual strangulation, compounded by blunt trauma to the head.
Ramdeen is the husband of Singh’s niece.
Following the post-mortem examination, Ramdeen was arrested and taken into police custody.
