Autopsy confirms murdered woman strangled

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February 22, 2025

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Sixty-four-year-old Drupatee Chance was manually strangled and beaten on her head, an autopsy at the Forensic Science Centre has confirmed.

No one has yet been arrested in connection with her murder.

Chance and her husband, Clarence, 71, had already retired to bed on Wednesday when he heard banging noises at their home on Moruga Road, St Mary’s Village, shortly after 10 pm.

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