RAD­HI­CA DE SIL­VA

Se­nior Mul­ti­me­dia Re­porter

rad­hi­ca.sookraj@guardian.co.tt

The fu­ner­al for mur­dered Siparia Re­gion­al Cor­po­ra­tion coun­cil­lor Romona Vic­tor will take place to­mor­row, as her shat­tered fam­i­ly and com­mu­ni­ty con­tin­ue to strug­gle with the bru­tal cir­cum­stances of her death.

Vic­tor, 36, was found dead along­side her hus­band, Rod­ney Ram­sumair, at their Coo­ra Road, Siparia home on Sun­day.

Ram­sumair is be­lieved to have beat­en Vic­tor to death be­fore in­gest­ing poi­son.

He left be­hind a sui­cide note that in­ves­ti­ga­tors re­cov­ered at the scene.

Speak­ing to Guardian Me­dia, Vic­tor’s sis­ter said the fam­i­ly was still com­plet­ing nec­es­sary doc­u­ments as they pre­pared to lay her to rest.

May­or Dood­nath Mayrhoo said the Siparia Re­gion­al Cor­po­ra­tion, Prime Min­is­ter Kam­la Per­sad-Bisses­sar, and Her­itage Pe­tro­le­um have all stepped for­ward to help cov­er fu­ner­al ex­pens­es and to sup­port Vic­tor’s griev­ing rel­a­tives.

Cor­po­ra­tion staff, many of whom worked close­ly with her, are al­so re­ceiv­ing coun­selling and emo­tion­al sup­port.

“Right now, we are wash­ing down the park and mak­ing it fit­ting for her fi­nal jour­ney,” Mayrhoo said.

“She was a pil­lar in the cor­po­ra­tion, and her loss means so much to us. We are all try­ing to cope and give the best sup­port we can to her fam­i­ly and friends dur­ing this dif­fi­cult time.”

He de­scribed Vic­tor as warm, hard­work­ing, and fierce­ly com­mit­ted to the peo­ple she serves.

Ram­sumair’s fu­ner­al will be held sep­a­rate­ly.