Police disclosed moments ago that Savitrie Raj was killed around 01:00hrs this morning at her 563, Fifteenth Street, Foulis, East Coast Demerara (ECD) home.
The woman’s husband, who is the suspected killer, remains at large.
Enquiries disclosed that his father constantly verbally abuses his mother and has threatened to kill both her and himself.
The son further told police that on the mentioned date and time, he was in the lower flat of his home when he heard his mother scream. He ran to the upper flat where he proceeded to a bedroom and saw the bloodied body of his mother lying on a bed and his father jumping through a window.
An emergency medical technician attached to Melanie Fire Station was summoned and responded immediately and the victim was pronounced dead on scene.
The body was escorted to Jerrick’s Funeral Home.
Checks were made in the area for the suspect but he was not apprehended.
Investigations are ongoing.