(Trinidad Guardian) Grandmother Sita Jagessar, who was murdered at her Debe home last Tuesday, was beaten and strangled.
An autopsy performed yesterday at the Forensic Science Centre, St James, found that Jagessar died from multiple blunt force injuries and manual strangulation.
A close female relative is now assisting police in their investigations.
Investigators said the relative shared a turmultuous relationship with Jagessar, who had even taken out a restraining order against her. Jagessar was killed on April 19 at her Clarkia Drive, Wellington Road home.
Her 13-year-old granddaughter returned home from school and found her body on the floor with a wound to the head.
Jagessar, 62, a mother of five and grandmother of five, was described as a humble and nice person.
In a previous interview, Jagessar’s granddaughter told Guardian Media that she last saw her grandmother that morning when she walked her to the school bus.
Finding her grandmother’s body, she said, was the “most shocking thing.”
“I felt sad and shocked. I never expected to experience this in my life,” the teen said.
Barrackpore police arrived at the house around 3.45 pm after receiving a report from a relative. They foiund Jagessar lying on the living room floor. She had wounds on her face and head.
Recalling the last moments with her grandmother, the teen said they purchased a newspaper nearby and then Jagessar walked with her to get the school bus. She got home around 3.45 that afternoon, just ahead of her aunt Melissa, who went to her apartment at the side of the house.
After making the gruesome discovery, the teen ran to Melissa’s apartment and they went to the neighbour’s home.
The teen’s father, Neil Persad, said his mother-in-law was home alone as everyone else went to work and school. He suspected that she was beaten on her head with a blunt object.
“My wife called me. She said somebody killed her mother. I work in Wood-land, so I left and came right away. All I saw was just her on the ground with her head mashed up and blood all over,” Persad recalled.
He said nothing seemed to be missing and the house did not appear to be broke into.
The front gate would usually be closed but he said when his daughter and Melissa got back, they met it open.
Relatives were baffled as to why someone would want to kill Jagessar.
When contacted yesterday afternoon Persad said he was not aware of the autopsy results.
He said his wife would have been in a better position to speak on the matter but she was not available at the moment.
However, he confirmed that Jagessar’s funeral has been arranged for tomorrow in San Fernando.
Officers of the Homicide Bureau of Investigations Region Three are investigating.
