Shane Su­perville

Se­nior Re­porter

shane.su­perville@guardian.co.tt

Po­lice are in­ves­ti­gat­ing the death of a woman who was be­lieved to have been mur­dered at her Mal­abar home.

In­ves­ti­ga­tors said of­fi­cers of the Mal­abar Po­lice Post re­ceived a re­port of a foul stench com­ing from a house on Patrick Pam­phille Av­enue, Phase Four, around 3.30 pm on Wednes­day and went to the scene.

On ar­rival, the of­fi­cers no­ticed flies near the house and forced open a door when they found the de­com­pos­ing body of Ju­dith Har­ris in the bed­room.

Po­lice said Har­ris, who was in her 70s, was found ly­ing on her stom­ach, with her right hand in­sert­ed in­to a hol­lowed-out red brick, while an­oth­er red brick was found near her stom­ach.

A wood­en chair with cloth­ing was placed over her head, while a plas­tic chair was placed over her leg.

Re­gion II Homi­cide in­ves­ti­ga­tors are await­ing the re­sults of an au­top­sy to de­ter­mine how the el­der­ly woman lost her life as they con­tin­ue their in­ves­ti­ga­tions.