Police look to Brazil for help in solving Anna Catherina triple murder

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Crime Chief Seelall Persaud on Monday stated that the Guyana Police Force is soliciting the assistance of the Brazilian government to have DNA testing done on the pieces of evidence that were collected following the murder of businesswoman Jennifer Persaud and her two sons at Anna Catherina, West Coast Demerara in November last year.
The assistant police commissioner explained that the decision to seek further assistance was necessary, as they were having difficulties getting the samples to a Caribbean facility.
At this point in time, the investigation is stagnant and Persaud could not say when the samples would leave Guyana, but he is hopeful it will occur at the earliest opportunity.
On the day of the gruesome discovery, the murdered woman’s reputed husband, Rudolph Earnest was taken into custody, while the man’s uncle was apprehended the following day.
Both men have maintained their innocence, but relatives strongly believe that they are the perpetrators of the horrendous crime.
It was reported that the bloodstained items, including a jersey, that were found at the home of Earnest’s uncle are the pieces that require DNA testing.
Amanda Ahamad, the eldest daughter of the deceased woman, had stated that the police were dragging their feet, as she believed that the evidence collected points to the two suspects, noting that they should have been charged.
Persaud, 41, also called “Jenny”, and her two sons, Afridi Bacchus, six, and 17-month- old Jadon Persaud, of Lot 67 Sea View, Anna Catherina, were found with their throats slit in a bedroom of their two-storey house.
Bacchus was the woman’s son from a previous relationship, while the younger child was fathered by the main suspect.
The now dead woman reportedly shared an abusive relationship with Earnest, a U.S. deportee. It was also reported that Persaud would frequently complain about the constant physical abuse she suffered. Just over a week prior to her death, it became unbearable and she put Earnest out of her house. A post-mortem examination performed on the body of Persaud and her sons, confirmed that they died as a result of multiple stab wounds and haemorrhaging.

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