A 41-year-old businesswoman and her two young sons were murdered some time between Friday night and Saturday morning and their bodies were found at her Anna Catherina, West Coast Demerara home on Saturday evening.
Dead are Jennifer Persaud, 41, the owner of a liquor store and bar at Anna Catherina and her sons Afridi Bacchus, 6, and Jadon Persaud who was 18 months old. The woman’s partner, from whom she had recently separated, was taken into police custody when he turned up at the scene and up to last evening was being grilled by the police. He was the father of Jadon, and two bags packed with his son’s clothes were found, relatives said.
In a statement announcing investigations, police said that the bodies were discovered about 8.10pm on Saturday and the trio’s throats had been slit. A man has been arrested and is in
