Surinamese woman in hotel died from ingesting gasoline, family baffled

Gaitrie Katrian

A Surinamese woman was late Monday afternoon found dead in a Region Five hotel room and a post-mortem yesterday ruled she had died from ingestion of gasoline.

The body of Gaitrie Katrian, 25, of Boskamp, Suriname, was discovered just around 5.30 pm in a room at the Starlite Hotel, West Coast Berbice.

According to a police source, it is suspected that the woman may have died sometime between Sunday, July 14, 2024, around 1 pm, and Monday, July 15, 2024, at 5.10 pm at Lot 19 Section ‘F’, D Edward Village, West Bank Berbice.