Although investigations remain open into the deaths of two teenage girls, whose bodies washed up at foreshores on the West Coast and East Coast Demerara, police are yet to find any conclusive leads.
Commander of ‘D’ Division Marlon Chapman told Stabroek News that investigators are awaiting results of samples taken from the remains of 17-year-old Devkumarie Ramadhar as an autopsy found the cause of the teen’s death to be inconclusive.
Ramadhar’s body was discovered on April 11th at the Ruimzigt foreshore, West Coast Demerara.
Chapman could not say where exactly the samples were sent to be tested, since they were taken to Georgetown and would have been sent overseas from there. The inconclusive result of the autopsy was due to the advanced stage of the decomposition of Ramadhar’s body.
Jagranie Omadat, mother of Ramadhar, said she is still trying to come to grips with the death of her daughter but remains hopeful for closure.
Persons who observed the body of the teen noticed various lacerations but because all her internal organs had decomposed, the pathologist could not find the cause of death, Omadat said. She is convinced that her daughter was murdered although she had previously made two suicide attempts.
While Omadat related that she is aware that samples were taken from the body of her daughter to be sent overseas for analysis, she could not say exactly where the samples were sent.
The distressed mother said that she still calls her daughter’s two cell phones. One of the phones is turned off and the other will ring once and then cut off, she added.
On the day her daughter went missing, Omadat spoke with her in Georgetown and the girl handed her a bag and asked her to carry it home for her. The teen then left with her friend in search for a job.
As the mother was about to enter the house, her phone rang and it was then that Omadat was informed about the problems her daughter had at her previous workplace. The mother said after numerous calls to her daughter’s phone went unanswered, she was successful in getting an answer and the teen promised to relate what had happened when she got home. She never made it. Her partly nude body was discovered at the foreshore five days later.
Omadat revealed that she is still unable to go into her daughter’s room as she often gets overwhelmed. The mother also dismissed allegations which were made in the media that Ramadhar had problems at home. “Me pickney na da type, we don’t get them kinda problem… you can go and ask all the neighbour if them ever hear we getting problem,” Omadat said, while she noted that they family encountered petty issues like every other family but she was not aware of any major problem.
Although Omadat has two other daughters, they reside with another relative, while a minor son resides with her.
The nude remains of another teen, 15-year-old Alicia Ali, were discovered on the foreshore near Turkeyen on March 25th. Although the case was suspected to be a suicide, police have not closed the case.
Police sources had previously said that investigators were looking at “persons of interest.”
According to the sources, investigators had questioned the girl’s relatives as well as a male friend.
The Campbellville Secondary student went missing after she was sent on an errand to a nearby shop by her mother. Police later found a suicide note allegedly written by the teen and addressed to her mother. Police officials indicated that they have not ruled out suicide although they were looking in the direction of a murder.
The circumstances surrounding the discovery of the girl’s body were questionable since the garments she was wearing at the time she went missing were not found, while her body bore visible marks of violence.
