Melanie woman buried in unfinished bathroom

Joan Durant

Police on the East Coast of Demerara (ECD) are investigating the murder of a 50-year old woman whose body was found buried in an unfinished bathroom of a house at Melanie North last evening.

Dead is 50-year old Joan Durant, a mother of three of Laurie Lewis Road, Melanie North, ECD. The woman was reported missing by her relatives since Tuesday and last evening her husband led the police to the unfinished bathroom where her decomposing remains were stumbled upon by the lawmen. Her husband Leslie Durant has been taken into custody.

According to reports, Joan Durant was last seen around midday on Tuesday by her relatives. Earlier that day, her son who is a miner contacted her by phone and told her that he would travel to