Two older sisters of the dead woman, who has been positively identified as Camille Parbati Seenauth, told the ‘Chronicle’ yesterday that they would like to bury her remains today if possible.

Up to 11:00hrs, they had not yet seen the body as they were awaiting a cousin, who has a vehicle to take them to the mortuary. They said the Police had also promised to take them to see it.

The women, who both live on the Essequibo Coast, said because of financial constraints, they may have to bury their younger sister right here in the city where she met her end and not at Grant Try Best, in the Pomeroon River, where she was born and raised.

The younger of the two, who gave her name as Anne Seenauth and Camille’s date of birth as August 15, 1970, said she was close to the deceased as it was at her house at Charity that she stayed for almost a year back in late 1997 when she lost her husband. The couple had recently remigrated from neighbouring Venezuela where they had lived for many years.

Because of Camille’s errant behaviour since her husband’s death, however, the two sisters had to part ways, and had not seen or heard from each other since Camille went to live further down the coast at Anna Regina in November 1998.

Anne, a teacher at Charity Nursery School, said she learnt of the tragedy around 16:30hrs Friday through a cousin who is a Policeman and stationed at the Charity Police Station.

He came by the information through a message from the Alberttown Station here in Georgetown and had been trying to contact her since earlier in the day, but she had been attending a seminar.

Anne, who is 11 years eight months older than Camille, said when she first heard the news she thought her cousin was joking. She, however, grew serious when she saw the look on his face.

She later learnt from a brother that Camille, who also answers to the name ‘Paro’, had been in constant contact with him and his wife, and that they had heard from Camille as recently as two weeks ago when she was in Charity.

Anne said that judging from the couple’s facial expression when she told them that ‘Paro’ was dead she came to the conclusion that they knew more than they were letting on. “When I tell dem dis girl find’ dead, they facial expression was totally different. Is like dem know something,” Anne said.

Neither has the brother reported to the Alberttown Station as he promised her he would Friday.

The last of five children, Camille is survived by her mother, Mangree called ‘Amy’, and four siblings. The mother, who is in her late 70s, does not yet know of the tragedy. (LINDA RUTHERFORD)