Relatives of Dorothy “Molly” Hosein, who was found murdered in a Rio Claro pond on Saturday, believes she knew her killer.
While still trying to wrap their heads around the brutal killing, her 23-year-old granddaughter Marie Hosein and son-in-law Ansil Henry said it was unlike Hosein to stay away from home or go anywhere with a stranger.
“This was not a random person, it was somebody she knew,” Marie told reporters outside her grandmother’s Piparo home yesterday. Hosein, 65, a CEPEP worker, was found floating face-down in a pond at St John’s Road by a farmer around 8 am Saturday.
Police said she was hogtied and they believe she was sexually abused, beaten and then strangled. Henry confirmed that Hosein left home for work in the area.
He said when her son reached home around 7.30 pm and realised she was not there, he went looking for her.
“Time was going and he decided to go out the road to look for her, thinking she was stranded for transport. He returned home at 3 am after looking for her in the night. He went to the Princes Town Police Station and made a report around 9 am. While he was coming back home, he got a call from police,” Henry said.
He said Hosein was popular in the community as she would assist any resident who was in need of help.
While acknowledging the seriousness of crime, he said he would not blame the Government, as it was people’s responsibility to live an honest life.
Marie said she was at work in Port-of-Spain when she got calls from people, who were asking for her grandmother’s name.
Unaware of Hosein’s death, she said she was thrown into shock when she saw photos of her dead grandmother on Facebook.