The police have been advised to institute charges against Joel Rodriguez, the Cuban national, who allegedly brutally murdered his partner, Tara Krishnaran and her 11-year-old daughter, Larissa Singh at Princes Street, Lodge on Saturday night.
Crime Chief Wendell Blanhum yesterday informed Stabroek News that the suspect, who has since confessed to the crime is scheduled to appear in the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court this morning.
The murders are believed to have occurred between 8 pm on December 25, 2020 and 9 pm on Saturday, December 26.
Rodriguez was captured by the police in Amelia’s Ward, Linden, on Sunday.
He was arrested and taken into custody. During questioning, he allegedly confessed to committing the crime.
Blanhum previously told Stabroek News that Rodriguez told police that on Christmas Day, while he and Krishnaran were under the influence of alcohol, she was visited by a male friend at their residence which led to an argument between the two.
Rodriguez added that he was further infuriated when Krishnaran said she was going to visit her brother as he did not believe her.
As a result a fight ensued and Rodriguez killed Krishnaran and subsequently Singh, as she was an eyewitness to her mother’s murder.
Police had previously reported that when questioned, the father of Krishnaran revealed that the suspect and the woman had an argument at about 5.30 pm on December 25 and a fight ensued between the couple.
The father retired to bed, since according to him, the couple would fight routinely. At about 8 am on December 26 the father woke up and did not check on the victims, having thought that she went to work and had taken her child with her as was customary.
At about 8.30 pm yesterday, the father, after realising that he was locked inside the house, checked the room of the victim and discovered his daughter and granddaughter lying motionless on a bed and floor, respectively.
There was a wound to the back of the head, left temple and the left side of the face of Tara. On the girl, (there was) a wound about six inches in length to her neck… A blood-stained hammer and knife were also retrieved, the police said.
Rodriguez was said to have fled the scene after the incident.
Autopsies later confirmed that Krishnaran died as a result of blunt trauma to the head, while Singh’s cause of death was listed as an incised wound to the neck and blunt trauma to the head.
