The police believe that they have captured a suspect in the murder of an elderly woman who was found bound and gagged in her Mahaica home last month and will be depending on DNA evidence to link him to that crime scene.
Crime Chief Wendell Blanhum told Stabroek News yesterday that the man was arrested shortly after he would have attacked another elderly woman in the Mahaica area on Sunday. Though that woman was bound and gagged she survived the ordeal.
He explained that during the post-mortem examination on 68-year-old Chandroutie Persaud, “flesh tissue” was found beneath her fingernails, which has been preserved by the police. He said that yesterday police took the suspect for a medical examination and
