Criminals seeking United States currency killed a retired roti shop owner, who had recently returned to Trinidad, and beat her husband during a home ­invasion in Moruga on Wednesday night.

Durpatee Chance, a mother of four and grandmother of six, is suspected to have been smothered with a pillow during the ordeal at her home at Moruga Road, St Mary’s Village.

Where it happened: The home of Durpatee Chance in St Mary’s Village, Moruga, yesterday. Chance was killed, and her husband, beaten, in a home invasion on Wednesday night. —Photo: TREVOR WATSON