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Mom: Woman found in barrel of water was murdered 5 Hrs Ago Shannon Whytes mother, Veronica, tiger print shirt, is comforted by a relative outside Forensic Science Centre, St James, on Friday. Photo by Marvin Hamilton THE mother of a woman who police suspect died by suicide is of the firm belief that her child was murdered. Speaking with Newsday, Veronica Whyte said her daughter, Shannon, 29, who was found dead on Thursday night, did not end her own life. “I stand by my statement. That was mur...

Tunapuna man, pet dogs found dead, relative in custody 4 Hrs Ago The house in Macoya Gardens where Shahid Samaroo was found dead on Sunday morning. PHOTO BY JEFF MAYERS - Relatives of Shahid Samaroo are calling for answers after the 64-year-old man was found dead in his bed early Sunday morning. Two pet dogs belonging to the family were also found dead in the yard of Samaroos Cactus Street, Macoya Gardens home. Police said a relative found Samaroos body at around 4 am. While no clear cause of ...

No leads on killing of Charlieville ex-fireman, 76 Mervyn Prescott Police have been unable to find any leads on Monday night’s killing of 76-year-old ex-fireman Mervyn Prescott in Charlieville, Chaguanas. Up to Thursday, no one had been arrested. Police said investigations are ongoing. Prescott, fondly called Precko, was gunned down outside Jai’s Bar at Caroni Savannah Road. The grandfather of two lived a short drive away at Savannah Heights. A relative told Newsday on Thursday that an a...

2 Hrs Ago The family of murdered Gasparillo business man Anand Maharaj on their way to perform the final rites. Photo by Lincoln Holder Leon Apping, the man charged with the murder of Gasparillo businessman Anand Maharaj, was expected to appear virtually before a San Fernando magistrate on Friday, the day of Maharajs funeral. On Thursday evening, acting deputy Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Joan Honore-Paul instructed police to charge the underwater welder, 29, with murder. Under the gui...

File on murdered Gasparillo businessman sent to DPP An Hour Ago Taran Maharaj brother of murdered businessman Anand Maharaj owner of Triple A Auto Services Ltd, speaks with the media outside his brothers business place in Jeffers Lane, Charles street, Gasparillo on Sunday morning. - Vidya Thurab Homicide detectives have prepared a file on the murder of Gasparillo businessman Anand Maharaj. Police were expected to submit it either on Thursday afternoon or Friday morning to the Office of the Dire...

Utilda Joseph, 96, was found dead at her Quarry Village, Siparia, home by a neighbour. - Damien Jones The funeral of Utilda “Miss Tilda” Joseph, the 96-year-old woman murdered at her Siparia home over the weekend, is scheduled for Saturday. The viewing of the body takes place at the Universe RC Church in Quarry Village at 10.30 am, followed by the service from 11 am. Relatives said the body would later be taken to the Siparia cemetery for burial. An autopsy at the Forensic Sciences Centre ...

[UPDATED] Community shocked as ex-fireman killed outside Chaguanas bar Mervyn Prescott - The shooting death of ex-fireman Mervyn Prescott on Monday night outside a bar in Charlieville, Chaguanas, sparked outrage by residents and relatives, saying the killer took the life of an innocent man. "Why can’t people live in peace?" his bereaved wife Maria Bruce, 72, said on Tuesday. Prescott, a father of two, turned 76 in February. Bruce spoke briefly to Newsday at the family’s home at Savannah He...

Murdered runaway teen tested positive for covid19 SHOT DEAD: Antonio Francois. - AYANNA KINSALE ONE of the two teens who ran away from a Children’s Authority safe house, only to be murdered later, tested positive for the covid19 virus, his mother told Newsday. When Newsday contacted Nicole Brathwaite about the funeral arrangements for her son Antonio Francois, she said that as a result of the covid19 positive test there are concerns about the intended burial of her last child and only son. �...

- The seven-year-old boy who witnessed the killing of his mother, 35-year-old Adeina Adana Alleyne, on Tuesday evening, desperately tried to save her life. The petite child tried to pull away his father, Dwight “Quan” Waldron, 34, who was chopping and stabbing Alleyne. The child was no match for his father, a security officer. Relatives told Newsday the boy then ran outside and alerted residents. The family’s spokesman Leon Phillip said, “He keeps repeating what he saw. He says Daddy ...

Man shot dead in Santa Cruz A 24-YEAR-OLD Santa Cruz man has been murdered. Police said they received reports of gunshots being fired at Donald Avenue, Sam Boucaud Road in Santa Cruz at around 9 pm on Wednesday. Santa Cruz police visited the scene and found Justin Weekes dead on the ground, with a gunshot wound to his head. The district medical officer later ordered the body removed to the Forensic Sciences Centre in St James for autopsy. This is the seventh murder committed this week. Over tha...