Georgetown: A couple that married in August, 2021 were found dead on Tuesday at their lot 1-2 Sarah Johanna , East Bank Demerara in what police describe as a murder, suicide.
Dead are Elizabeth Dass, 27, a housewife and her husband Nicholas Low-A-Chee, 25, a labourer.
Police said that preliminary enquiries revealed that the victim and deceased were husband and wife living together and there were no damages or suspected forced entry seen on the building they lived in.
According to neighbours both Elizabeth Dass and Nicholas Low-A-Chee were last seen alive on Sunday about 10:00 hrs.
However, on Tuesday about 07:30hrs a relative of Nicholas Low-A-Chee went to check on him after several attempts to reach him via cellphone proved futile.
On arrival at his residence the relative observed a male in the back yard who is known to the family and he observed that the door was partly opened.
He then opened the door further, made a few steps into the house and repeatedly called out for his nephew, but did not get any response.
He proceeded further into the house, in the direction of his bedroom and it was at this point he started getting a foul scent.
He then pushed open the bedroom door and stumbled upon the motionless bodies of Elizabeth Dass and Nicholas Low-A-Chee, in pools of blood on the bed and floor respectively with what appeared to be a black handgun, about two feet east of Nicholas Low-A-Chee’s body.
An alarm was raised after which he reported his discovery to the Timehri Police Station via cellphone.
The body of Elizabeth Dass had what appeared to be suspected gunshot injuries, one above her right eye and another to her abdomen, while the body of Nicholas Low-A-Chee was found with what appeared to be a single gunshot wound just above his left ear and another to his right side temple, which is suspected to be point of entry/exit.
Three suspected .32 spent shells were found in the bedroom, one on the bed, one on the floor and the other about six feet west of his body. A .32 pistol was found two feet east of his left hand.
The suspected firearm was examined/processed for fingerprints but none was detected.
A further search within the premises unearthed a quantity of suspected cannabis which was later weighed and amounted to 370 grams.
The bodies were uplifted by undertakers of the Memorial Gardens Funeral Home and escorted to the Diamond Diagnostic Centre where they were formally pronounced dead.
The hands and body of both Nicolas Low-A-Chee and Elizabeth Dass were processed for gunshot residue, also blood samples from Nicolas Low-A-Chee were taken along with what was found in the bedroom for DNA testing. The bodies were then taken to the Memorial Gardens Mortuary where they were placed into cold storage, awaiting a post mortem at a later date.
Several persons in the area were questioned but no useful information was obtained. Investigations are in progress.
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