Elderly women found dead after suspected robbery
-bound, gagged bodies discovered by church members
Two elderly women were found dead, bound and gagged in their beds, at their South Road and Albert Street house yesterday morning, following a suspected robbery.
Constance Fraser, 89, and her niece Phyllis Caesar, 77, of Lot 243 South Road and Albert Street, Georgetown, were discovered around 9.30 am by members of their church, the South Road Full Gospel Assembly, after several efforts to contact them proved futile.
At the time of the discovery, their bodies were in separate bedrooms. Their hands and feet were bound and they were both gagged.
It is suspected that they had been the victims of a robbery sometime between Monday evening and yesterday morning, since the house was completely ransacked and several items were reported missing.
The door to the upper flat of the two-storey house was also discovered open and it is believed that the suspect/s might have gained entry into the house by climbing onto the verandah.
Up to last evening, no arrest had been made in connection with the case.
While Fraser was a retiree, Caesar was the caretaker of the church and also worked at a private school located a short distance away from the home.
Stabroek News was told that it was customary for Caesar to open the church every morning. However, church members sensed that something was amiss yesterday when she did not turn up to carry out her duties. As a result, they made several calls to her and visited the home but got no answer. They then noticed the door to the verandah open and upon checking they saw the bodies. The police were immediately summoned.
Neighbouring residents said that the house was previously broken into on several occasions.
“This is not the first time. The last time they go in there and carry away some coins and a phone, now they come fuh kill them. Fuh wuh? Wah they come and kill them fuh?” a
The Police are investigating an armed robbery committed on a 36-year-old caterer of Bent Street, Werk-en-Rust, Georgetown, which occurred about 7.10 on Monday evening at North Road between Alexander and Bourda streets, by three men, one of whom was armed with a handgun.
The police say that enquiries disclosed that the victim and his three male friends were heading to Bourda Market. Upon arrival, the victim parked his silver grey Toyota Premio motorcar PTT 8405 on North Road.
The victim and his friends then exited the vehicle during which they were confronted by the three men. It was then that one of the men who was armed with a handgun demanded the key for the motorcar which the driver refused to give.
The driver suffered several lashes to his head with the gun and subsequently fell to the ground. The other three friends ran away.
The armed bandit picked up the car key, entered the vehicle with his other accomplices and escaped with the victim’s cellular phones heading west of North Road.
No arrest has been made.