Unit­ed Na­tion­al Con­gress coun­cil­lor Romona Vic­tor was known as a fight­er in the Siparia Bor­ough Cor­po­ra­tion, cham­pi­oning the rights of her elec­toral dis­trict with vigour and de­ter­mi­na­tion.

But be­hind the scenes, few, apart from her rel­a­tives, knew of the per­son­al strug­gles she faced in her re­la­tion­ship, which end­ed trag­i­cal­ly on Sun­day. Vic­tor, 36, and her com­mon-law hus­band, Rod­ney Ram­sumair, 45, were found dead at their Coo­ra Road, Quinam Branch Road, Siparia home in an ap­par­ent mur­der-sui­cide.

Au­top­sies per­formed at the Foren­sic Sci­ence Cen­tre yes­ter­day found that she died from blunt force trau­ma to the head and neck, while he died from poi­son­ing.