Murders of five elderly women stump cops

Phulmattie Rami

Police have released a second man held for questioning in connection with the murder of pensioner Bebe Jahooral Banu, who is among five elderly women murdered over the past year for which the perpetrators remain at-large.

Banu’s body was found on New Year’s Day at her Lot 5A De Willem North, West Coast Demerara bottom flat apartment, with her stockings, pants and underwear pulled below her knees, her top pulled up to her shoulders and a piece of cloth around her neck.

A post mortem examination revealed that Banu, 66, died of manual strangulation. A man was initially held for