Charity woman stabbed to death, granddaughter held

Police at the scene

The Police are investigating the murder of Angelica Agatha Gamell, a 75-year-old of Lot 168 Charity Housing Scheme, Esse-quibo Coast which occurr-ed at about 4 am at her address. Her granddaughter, 21, is in custody.

Police enquiries disclosed that the now deceased woman lived alone. The police said that she would be visited occasionally by her granddaughter. On Saturday at about 8 pm, the suspect visited the home of Gamell along with her one-month-old baby daughter.

At about 4 am yesterday,  one of Gamell’s neighbours told investigators that she heard loud screams, trampling  and  the crying of a baby coming from the home of the now deceased woman which lasted for about fifteen minutes.