The decomposing body of a woman, found aback of the Bedford Methodist Church, Camp Street on November 30, 2011, was earlier this month buried at the Good Hope cemetery.
When Stabroek News contacted the Lyken’s Funeral Parlour, where the body was being kept, officials there indicated that the woman, who remained unidentified for some weeks, was given a poor burial.
The woman was found with what appeared to be a stab wound to the neck and visible wounds to her jaw and wrist and her legs appeared to have blood stains on them. She was clad in a red top and black three quarter pants.
Stabroek News was at the time informed by a resident, who later gave police the same report, that it could have been a possible homicide since he recalled hearing a female screaming early that morning and then subsequently saw a man jump over the fence.
He had added that when he checked where the noise seemed to be coming from he saw “a red thing” but no movement and dismissed the occurrence. He said he had also asked a nearby security guard if he too had heard sounds and was answered in the affirmative.
The man also confirmed that he too had seen a man jumping the fence and running off.
Vendors discovered the body some time around 6 pm after suspicion arose from noticing the body in the exact “sleeplike” position from the time they had brought goods for sale that morning to when they were awaiting transportation to return home that evening.
