Following the conclusion of the post mortem examination on the remains of Soesdyke, East Bank Demerara woman, Edith Reuben, police secured a high court petition to further detain and question two suspects.
Police now say that the two men, the woman’s common law husband and a relative, have confessed to hitting the woman to her head after finding her in a compromising position with another male. They further confessed that when she became unconscious, they placed her to hang from the mango tree to make it look like a suicide.
Reuben, 48, was found hanging from a mango tree four days ago at lot 1286 Yarrawkabra, Soesdyke Linden Highway.
The post-mortem examination done yesterday by pathologist Dr. Nehaul Singh found that the woman died of asphyxiation due to hanging compounded by blunt trauma to the head. The latter confirmed investigator’s suspicion that there was foul play.
