00 hrs in a clump of bushes near the Mahaicony River

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-victim believed raped, murderedPolice were up to last night questioning several persons in connection with the suspected rape and murder of 46-year-old housewife Allinva Andrews, whose nude and decomposing body was found at Moraikobe, Mahaicony River yesterday.A sister of the victim said that Andrews’ body was found at around 09:00 hrs in a clump of bushes near the Mahaicony River, just a few yards from her home.She had been missing since Easter Monday.The sister, Rhonda Chester, said that Andrews’s clothing and torn underwear were found near the corpse.Ms. Chester, who viewed her sister’s body, said, “It looks like rape…her clothes were a little way from her body, and her tights were torn up…and the persons left a stick in her vagina.”Up to late yesterday evening, police were still questioning the victim’s husband and one of her sons. However, investigators have reportedly not identified any suspects.Allinva Andrews is survived by five children.Kaieteur News understands that the housewife disappeared at nightfall on Easter Monday shortly after leaving a wedding house in the predominately Amerindian community.However, the sister said that no one raised an alarm when Andrews failed to turn up.“She would usually sleep at friends and would come back after two days, so nobody took it seriously.”It was not until one of the woman’s sons returned to the community on Thursday and learned that his mother could not be located that a search ensued.“He searched a little and then he complained to the Toshao,” the sister said.The residents then organized a search party and the son who had initially begun to search eventually located his mother’s body yesterday.Because of the state of the remains, the victim was buried yesterday, but police are to exhume the body next week to conduct a postmortem.