The public’s help is being sought as police probe the murder of an unidentified woman whose decapitated and nude corpse was found stuffed in a plastic barrel in the Mitan River on Tuesday night. Police hope three distinguishable tattoos on the woman’s body would be enough to identify the corpse.
It was found around 9.30 pm by a fisherman using the river in Manzanilla to head out to sea. He told police he saw a plastic blue barrel floating with what appeared to be a human foot protruding.
Region II Homicide Bureau, led by Sgt Larry Lodhar, Manzanilla and Mayaro police responded and after fishing the barrel out of the river, they found the headless corpse with the torso cut in half.
Investigators are hoping that she can be identified through several tattoos on her body which include one of a flower on her right shoulder blade and the word Empress next to it. She also had the tattoo “Leo” at the base of her back. There was also a tattoo on her right arm with only the word “Alya” recognisable and a star underneath. She also had a tattoo on her neck but it was unrecognisable because of her decapitation.
Police are yet to find the woman’s head and up to yesterday afternoon, were still searching the area. Investigators believed the woman was dismembered after she was killed.
Anyone with information that can lead to the identification of the woman or solving the crime is asked to contact the Region II Homicide Bureau at 640-1785, 640-7815 or Mayaro CID at 630-4333.