DNA evidence, camera footage may help crack businesswoman’s murder

Sirmattie Ramnaress

Investigators seem to have hit a brick wall in the search for the killer of Diamond businesswoman Sirmattie Ramnaress but DNA testing, surveillance footage and the establishment of a motive may still offer hope for them cracking the two-week-old case.

Crime Chief Seelall Persaud told Stabroek News recently that there is not much progress in the investigations. He said investigators will have to work with DNA analysis.

A number of bottles were found in the woman’s house that could possibly yield some DNA evidence as they are believed to have been left there by the person(s) who murdered her. More evidence can also be gathered from her vehicle. After Ramnaress was killed, the perpetrator left her Lot 2430 21st Avenue, Diamond, East Bank Demerara property in