Wednesday, May 31, 2023 the decomposing body of a wife and her daughter was found in their home by her husband.
The bodies have been identified as 38-year-old Petrous Ross and her 13-year-old daughter Gabrel Ross. They resided alone at the home located at Block 3, Providence, East Bank Demerara.
The woman’s husband has been identified as 58-year-old Hemanchal Latchman.
Enquiries disclosed that the husband of the deceased moved out of the house which he paid the rent for and continued to make visits.
In January 2023, he visited them and found them alive and well.
Wednesday he reportedly went to the house to check on them and made several calls to the house which was fully secured but got no answers. He became suspicious and as a result, with the assistance of a neighbour, they managed to open the front door and immediately got a foul smell coming from inside of the house. They then ventured inside and saw the partly decomposed bodies of both females lying on the ground.
The police were immediately summoned to the scene. Three plastic bottles, one glass bottle containing liquid substances and two cups were found next to the bodies while two small glass containers containing a whitish substance were recovered from the refrigerator along with a note in the living room.
Blood samples were taken from the bodies of both deceased. The bodies were then removed by undertakers and taken to the Memorial Gardens Funeral Parlour where they were placed into cold storage awaiting post-mortem.
Several persons were contacted, interviewed, and statements taken. The area was canvassed for CCTV cameras, but none was seen.
Investigations are ongoing.
