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Jul 12, 2014 News
A New York police source has confirmed that the dismembered body found in a parking lot in Long Island last Tuesday has a similar tattoo to that of 27-year-old Guyanese native, Chinelle Latoya Browne who went missing six days ago.
Browne, a mother of four, originally from Georgetown, was last seen by her landlord on Saturday near her 346 Sumpter Street apartment in Brownsville, Brooklyn.
According to information received, Browne, who migrated to the United States last year May had several beefs with her landlord over an extension cord that powered her room, culminating in a fight.
Detectives are awaiting the results of forensic tests that would identify the woman and also determine if a severed arm found on the front lawn of a home in Hempstead on Wednesday belongs to the body found in the parking lot.
The New York Times reported that a police source revealed that a “distinctive” tattoo on the woman’s torso matches one on the body of the mother of four, based on what her husband, Dale Browne told the NY police.
Asked yesterday whether his wife had any tattoo on her body as was reported, Browne said that he would rather not comment on this because he was advised not to reveal any information to the media.
He said that he was told that the information he divulged can affect police investigations in NY. The devastated husband said that at this point he is just hoping for the safe return of his wife.
Browne had told Kaieteur News that he and his wife spoke briefly around 11:07 hrs last Saturday. He said that they would normally keep in touch via Skype but when he called her, he got no response.
Later that day, he said that he called her again but did not get a response so he texted her. He noted that he later got a text message from his wife’s phone, saying that she was going to the hospital with a friend by the name of Michelle.
“I message and asked her if she would sleep at the hospital but I got no response. I continuously message the phone until Sunday and then I received a message saying that the phone was found in Manhattan,” the husband related.
Trying to put the pieces together, Browne said that he then contacted his wife’s landlord who told him that they had an argument and she (landlord) struck the mother of four with her hands.
The devastated husband said upon hearing this he immediately telephoned his relatives in the US and asked them to check his wife’s workplace since she was supposed to be at work for 13:00 hrs on Monday.
“Monday I spoke to the landlord and asked her about my wife. The landlord then told me that she got a message from my wife on Sunday, but how could she message my wife on Sunday when I was not getting on to my wife and when someone told me they found her phone,” Mr. Browne said.
According to the New York Times, relatives of 27-year-old Chinelle Latoya believe she is gone.
“Right now, we are sad and broken-hearted at losing our beloved sister so soon and so tragic,” said a sister, who asked for her name not be published. “My sister was a decent and hard-working human being who did not deserve to die this way.”
The landlord, whose name is being withheld because she has not been charged with a crime, suggested to the Daily News that she was defending herself.
“If somebody hit me, I’d hit her back,” the landlord said to the Daily News.
Asked what happened to Browne, she yelled, “Stop assuming! Stop assuming!”
Two police sources confirmed the landlord and another person are considered persons of interest in the case.
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