Mentally ill woman bled to death

Berbice: A post-mortem revealed that Stay Conway, a mentally ill homeless woman, bled to death from multiple injuries sustained during what appears to be a hit and run accident.

The autopsy was done at the New Amsterdam Hospital on Wednesday, and revealed that the deceased sustained multiple injuries about the body, namely to the head, hand, abdomen, hip and left foot. The police are yet to link the evidence to a possible suspect and to say whether the deceased was struck down where she was found or dumped there. There has been no arrest so far.

The body of Conway was discovered on the southern side of the Number 11 Public Road in Berbice sometime around 07:30hrs on Monday. The deceased is well known in New Amsterdam, whose streets she had lived on for many years.