A woman was yesterday found dead at her Goedverwagting, East Coast Demerara home with suspected stab wounds and multiple bruises about her body and police have held her husband for questioning.
The deceased, Saskia Perreira, was killed sometime between 8 pm on Sunday and 8.20 am yesterday.
The police, in a statement issued yesterday, revealed that Perreira’s body was discovered lying motionless, following a report of a fight between her and her 59-year-old husband, who has since been taken into custody.
At the scene of the incident, police retrieved a knife with suspected blood stains.
The police added that the suspect appears to have sustained injuries, which he claimed were inflicted by the woman.
The body of the woman was taken to the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH), where she was pronounced dead on arrival.
The body was later transferred to the Lyken Funeral Home to await a post-mortem examination.
