A post-mortem examination conducted on the remains of Sandra Dee Barker, the ACME General Store Manager who was found dead in her office on Wednesday, has determined that her death was caused by high blood pressure, which led to brain haemorrhaging.
Lex Barker, the brother of the deceased woman, said that the post-mortem examination, which was done yesterday, also determined that Sandra died sometime between Monday and Wednesday.
The woman, who was 54, of La Parfaite Harmonie, West Bank Demerara, was found dead by a colleague on Wednesday morning in her office, which is situated on the third floor of the store.
EMTs pronounced the woman dead at the scene. No marks of violence were found by police, who said there was no sign of a break-in at the property.
During their enquiries, the police learnt that the woman was last seen alive on Monday at around 5.30pm.
Lex Barker previously told Stabroek News that he was told by a colleague of his sister that on Wednesday the deceased’s phone was ringing in her office and they assumed that she was in the washroom. It was after a call came through on another phone for the deceased that they decided to check on her, but the grill to her office was locked. She was subsequently found lying motionless on the floor.
The brother had said that Sandra was in the habit of sending morning greetings to him and their other siblings in their family WhatsApp group and he noted that she last sent a greeting on Monday morning. He noted that when they didn’t hear from her, no one was too concerned as they sometimes went a day or more without chatting.
Asked whether she had been sick, Lex said that he was aware that she had migraine headaches from time to time, the same as him, but it was never anything to be alarmed about. Recently she was dealing with high blood pressure, said the man, but that was all he knew of.
