At about 8.45 am yesterday, the lifeless body of Junan Gomes, a 40-year-old woman from Lot 306 Timehri, EBD, was discovered in Room #5 at the Sunflower Hotel/Restau-rant and Bar located on Cummings Street and South Road, Georgetown, by the hotel’s supervisor, Coleen Cush.
Investigations, the police say, revealed that the woman booked into the hotel on Monday 24th March 2025 at about 11:09 am and collected the key to Room #5 located on the second floor of the two-storey hotel.
According to Cush, the now-deceased woman was a frequent customer at the hotel. On 24th March, when she checked in at the hotel, she complained to Cush of feeling unwell.
At about 8:45 am yesterday, Cush stated that she went to Room #5 and knocked on the door several times but got no answer. She immediately went downstairs and collected the spare key to the room and when she opened the door, she discovered Gomes lying on the bed in an unconscious state.
The police and Emer-gency Medical Technicians were summoned to the scene and the woman was pronounced dead by Dr. Rampersaud from George-town Public Hospital. The scene was processed by crime scene technicians and a team from CID’s Crime Laboratory.
The body was examined. No mark of violence was seen. Several persons were questioned. investigations are continuing.
