On Wednesday, October 26, the family and friends of Rawonjooloo Pentayah, attended the funeral of the retiree at Belmont Cemetery, St. Anthony, Goodlands. It was difficult to accept the tragic death of this 78 year old lady, who was also disabled.
Died of a fractured skull … this is what concluded the autopsy performed, Tuesday afternoon, by Dr. Maxwell Monvoisin, Principal Police Medical Officer, on the causes of death of the septuagenarian, When she was discovered, the bruises on her body and traces of blood in the house, have suggested the violence with which she was attacked. The 78-year-old Goodlands resident did not survive her injuries. She died two days after being attacked by a burglar in her home on Saturday evening, October 22. Since her admission, she remained unconscious and could not provide her version to the police. But the latter did not fail to find the aggressor. He, arrested on Tuesday evening, confessed the crime and was kept in a cell after being charged with murder.
Arrest of Jean Michael Mimi
The elements of the Field Intelligence Office (FIO) of the North, led by Sergeant Arnasala, did not delay to put their hands on a suspect. Jean-Michel Mimi, aged 36, was arrested in the afternoon of the death. He confessed and told that he attacked the old lady, when the latter surprised him at home committing a burglary, last Saturday. The thug known to the police explained that while he was stealing, the lady surprised him and was about to alert the others. Thus, he hit the septuagenarian before fleeing. “Kan linn trouv mwa, monn tapp li monn sove,” he told Inspector Bhunjun’s men. He was provisionally charged with murder in the Mapou court on Wednesday, October 26.
Jean Michael Mimi, faced a reconstruction of the facts, this Thursday, October 27. After his appearance before the Mapou court for his provisional indictment, the resident of Mamzelle Jeanne neighborhood, in Goodlands, was taken to the home of Rawonjooloo Pentayah, in Goodlands, under heavy police escort. The 36-year-old suspect told police how he acted on Saturday night, October 22. The suspect showed officers how he broke into the house before being surprised by the 70-year-old. Jean-Michel Mimi said that in the heat of the moment, he hit her head against the wall. He showed the investigators where he fled when he saw her lying inert on the floor. The scenes of the reenactment were recorded by a Scene of Crime Office cameraman in the presence of CID officers.
