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Twenty-four year old Jasorada Sookshine
was brutally murdered by her spouse at their Whim, Corentyne home,
yesterday morning, following rumours of infidelity.
Jasorada and Eric Sookshine in happier times
The man, Eric Sookshine, called
Shakaal, 30, a cane harvester, is currently a patient at the New
Amsterdam Hospital, where he was admitted after a failed suicide
attempt.
According
to the mother of the dead woman, Vidawattie Narine, during a
telephone conversation with her daughter and son in law, at 21:00hrs
on Thursday evening, the former told her that her husband was
threatening to kill her and hang himself.
The
distraught woman said she became concerned on hearing the screams of
her three grandchildren aged eight, six and three, but consoled
herself that all would be well. But at about 06:00 yesterday, a
relative reported the tragic news.
At
the Lot 18 First Street residence of the couple, residents of the
community surrounded the home where the incident occurred. When the
Chronicle arrived at the scene, detectives were interrogating the
relatives behind closed doors, during which time the badly chopped
body of the woman was being removed.
The
younger children, Rookmanie, and Vishal, consoled each other while
embracing a family portrait.
According
to neighbours the dead woman had left the matrimonial home and her
children, for a month, but returned just week ago.
Rumours
of infidelity may have been the reason for the incident. According
to reports, the act was premeditated, as the eight-year-old child,
Meena, was sent on an errant, while the others were told to sit on
the front stairway.
It
was in that period, during a heated argument that the woman was
chopped repeatedly about her body with a cutlass. Portions of her
hair were also removed. Her assailant reportedly turned the
suspected murder weapon on himself, inflicting several wounds to his
abdomen. He underwent emergency surgery at the health institution. (Jeune
Bailey Van-Keric)
Saturday,
June 04, 2005
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