RAD­HI­CA DE SIL­VA

rad­hi­ca.sookraj

@guardian.co.tt

Po­lice are yet to ar­rest the main sus­pect want­ed in con­nec­tion with the mur­der of Ka­reen Ram­lal.

The sus­pect was not known to most of Ram­lal’s fam­i­ly.

In­ves­ti­ga­tors say the man, of Pe­nal Rock Road, gave a false state­ment say­ing he had put Ram­lal in a taxi af­ter she went to vis­it him two Sun­days ago. He said she nev­er reached home.

Ram­lal’s body was found last Sun­day around 2.32 pm, wrapped in a tar­pau­lin left in­side a bam­boo grove off the 8-mile mark at Bobb Trace, Pe­nal Rock Road.

The mur­der weapon, a ham­mer, was found close by, along with a bot­tle of per­fume and an emp­ty beer bot­tle.

Ram­lal was re­leased from prison last De­cem­ber, af­ter plead­ing guilty to felony mur­der in the death of her hus­band Anil Jadoo in May 2006.

She and her moth­er Ram­daye Ram­lal, then aged 67 and friend Gewan Par­dassie, 56, plot­ted to kill Anil by giv­ing him goat stew laced with poi­son and then hit­ting him on the head with a piece of wood.

Any­one with in­for­ma­tion on Ram­lal’s killing can con­tact Crime Stop­pers at 800-TIPS.