PME finds Soesdyke taxi driver was strangled, neck broken

Savitri Gangadeen Parma

Thirty-year-old Savitree Gangadeen, whose nude body was discovered on Sunday in a desolate spot on the Linden Soesdyke/Highway died as a result of strangulation and her neck was also broken, according to a post-mortem examination (PME) performed on her body yesterday.

The woman’s sister, Sharon Gangadeen, told Stabroek News that she witnessed the PME yesterday and expressed the hope that the man, who was arrested on Sunday with scratch marks about his body and with the woman’s ring in his possession, would be charged soon.

A senior police officer yesterday said that the man has since confessed to the gruesome crime and that