Caribbean news. A 30-year-old man was found dead in the back seat of a car on Thursday night. A woman was found shot to death in the bathroom of her home at Arima today.
And a 23-year-old man was found dead on the roadside at South Oropouche this morning. In Couva, Steven Fabian Harrington, of Carolina Village, was shot three times in the chest. Investigators said Petrotrin security officers observed a white Nissan Almera car parked near the fence on the northbound lane of the Sir Solomon Hochoy Highyway around 11.15pm.
Police said the security guards searched the car and found Harrington lying on the back seat. Investigators believe Harrington was hijacked and murdered, before his car was packed on the roadside.
Central Division police are continuing investigations.
In Arima, thirty-three-year old Dorothy Rodrigo, of Jukhan Trace Extension, Carapo, was discovered dead in a bathroom at her home around 3.15a.m. Her bloodied body was found by police officers investigating reports of gunshot at her home. Police said neighbours reported loud explosions at Rodrigo’s house.
A team of officers responded and found her lying motionless in the bathroom. Police said she was shot multiple times in the chest. Rodrigo’s body was removed to the Forensic Science Centre in St James where an autopsy is expected to be performed today.
At South Oropouche, Kevin Francis, of Duke Street, was shot multiple times about the body. A team of officers responding to reports of gunshots at Partap Trace, discovered Francis lying in a pool of blood around 1.30am.
Investigators were told that Francis left his home without telling relatives where he was going. Relatives were unable to say why he was killed. A District Medical Officer visited the scene and ordered the removal of his body to the Forensic Science Center in St James. Five homicides have been recorded for the year. Southern Division Homicide detectives are continuing investigations. Article courtesy http://www.trinidadexpress.com
