Several persons who were arrested in relation to the rape, and stabbing death of a Number 30 Village, West Coast Berbice (WCB) woman have been released, as they appeared to have no links to the murder.
This is according to Commander of Region Five, Assistant Commissioner Kurleigh Simon, who when asked about the status of the investigation into the murder said, “The investigation is still active. No one is being charged with the murder. Persons of interest were taken into custody and questioned…. We have nothing to hold them and charge them with, so they were released.”
Forty-eight-year-old, Daniele Charles who worked at the National Drainage and Irrigation Authority was at the Level Up Bar at Bath Settlement on Saturday, November 19 at around 8 pm with relatives and two friends. Approximately two hours later, her family members left her in the company of her friends – a male and a female.
According to the police report, Charles’s son told them that in the wee hours of Sunday he received a call from his mother’s cell phone asking if he was okay. He responded that he was, then the call was disconnected.
At about 12:10 hours, an unknown person called 911 and reported that the body of a woman was seen at Experiment New Housing Scheme, which only has about seven houses.
The naked body of Charles was discovered in a clump of bushes. A multi-coloured top with suspected bloodstains, three-quarter pants, bra and underwear were found next to the body, along with a used condom and wrapper.
Upon examination of Charles’s body, it was found that she had been stabbed ten times; six to the abdomen, once to the left side breast, twice to the throat and once to the centre of the chest, the police release said.
A post-mortem examination carried out by pathologist Vivekanand Brijmohan at the Bailey Funeral Home located in No. 4 Village, West Coast Berbice, gave the cause of death as shock and haemorrhage due to multiple stab wounds.
Commander Simon when questioned earlier had stated that two persons were in custody for the brutal murder and when asked if anyone was arrested responded that he would not confirm or deny it at the time.
