Evidence in Anna Catherina murders being ignored

Jadon Persaud

-victims’ family

Two weeks after a mother and her two young children were found murdered in their home at Anna Catherina, West Coast Demerara, their family remains unhappy with the pace of the police investigation, especially the release of suspects despite seemingly strong evidence.

Jennifer Persaud, 41, and her sons Afridi Bacchus, 6, and Jadon Persaud, 18 months, were discovered on September 22 in her bedroom, with stabs wounds and their throats slit. The prime suspect in the triple homicide had been Persaud’s 23-year-old partner, who is the father of her youngest child. He, along with a relative of his, had been taken into custody