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Woman’s body in cemetery…Reputed husband not linked to murder
Police on the East Coast of Demerara have released the reputed husband of the 19-year-old woman whose body was found in the Bachelor’s Adventure cemetery after they found no evidence to link him to her death so far.
Patricia Young
The man had not confessed to murdering the woman, Patricia Young, as had been erroneously reported by this newspaper.
He was released early yesterday morning after satisfying investigators that he had nothing to do with Young’s death.
On Wednesday, the man had led police to Young’s semi-nude body which was discovered under a tree in the cemetery, three days after she left her home to watch the Mashramani float parade in the city.
Kaieteur News understands that at the end of the parade, Young joined a minibus for home.
Usually whenever she was in the city, Young would inform her reputed husband that she was on her way and he would wait to escort her home when she disembarked from a minibus.
On Mash night, Young reportedly sent him a text message, requesting credit for her phone so that she could call him when she was nearing her home. However when the man tried contacting her phone a few minutes later he got no response.
When she did not turn up after a reasonable time, Young’s reputed husband became suspicious.
His suspicions turned to anxiety when Young still did not show up the following morning and a search was immediately launched. A missing person’s report was also lodged with the police.
On Wednesday the search ended after Young’s reputed husband found one side of her pair of sandals just outside the village cemetery. He contacted the police and they managed to locate Young’s decomposing body.
The reputed husband was taken into custody but after some intense questioning, investigators are almost convinced that he had nothing to do with Young’s death.
“He was only detained because he was a person of interest at the time,” a senior police source on the East Coast of Demerara told this newspaper yesterday.
Investigators are now turning their attention to other theories, one of which is that Young was the victim of a gang rape. They believe that she was attacked just after disembarking the bus after leaving Georgetown on Mash night.
“For a start, we have to find out which bus she travelled with, we have to check out the timing,” the source said.
More than one resident had indicated that Young’s death appeared to be the work of more than one person.
Even Young’s uncle, Kewis Young, believes that the victim had to be overpowered by more than one person.
“One person can’t do dat, because is nine ah we me mother get and she used to deh between all of us, ramping and thing…so she know she self…It had to be more than one person,” he said.
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