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Sixty-one year old Hyacinth Danclair was a loving mother and an avid gardener.


While she may not have been the most outgoing of persons, she was always friendly to her neighbours and always polite.


On Monday evening, she was found dead in the bedroom of her home on John Shaw Avenue in Arima.


Here's more on the story by Alexander Bruzual.
Transcript
00:00A pillow was found over the victim's face and a sheet was placed over her body, leading
00:04police to believe she may have been suffocated.
00:07There was blood on the lower torso.
00:09And while some officers suspect she may have been sexually assaulted, investigators told
00:14TV6 that this needs to be confirmed via post-mortem, which is scheduled to take place on Wednesday.
00:20Relatives told police that at about 4.50pm on Monday, they went to Dan Claire's home
00:25to check on her as she had missed a doctor's appointment scheduled that day and had failed
00:29to answer any subsequent calls.
00:32When they arrived, the house appeared to be locked, however, her car was in the garage.
00:37After further attempts to call her, they contacted a police officer they knew.
00:41The officer, a sergeant at the Court and Process Branch, went to the Arima Police Station seeking
00:47assistance to enter the home.
00:49The lawmen broke the lock on the front of the house and entered.
00:53They found Dan Claire lying on the floor of her bedroom.
00:57The bedroom appeared to be ransacked, however, relatives could not say if anything was stolen.
01:03While there, sounds were heard coming from another room inside the house and on investigating,
01:08the police officers found Mrs. Dan Claire's 90-year-old mother.
01:13She was examined and found to be unharmed.
01:17Police were told that the older woman suffers from advanced dementia and would be unable
01:21to aid with inquiries.
01:24The area was cordoned off and officers from the Homicide Bureau were notified.
01:28A team led by Sergeant Campbell and others responded.
01:32When TV6 News visited the scene, there were no relatives at Dan Claire's home.
01:36The one-story structure appeared to be fortified with burglar proofing.
01:40Several plants could be seen in the front porch and they all appeared to be well taken
01:44care of.
01:45A coffee cup could also be seen left unattended in the gallery.
01:50Officers told TV6 that they were horrified to hear that the police suspect that Dan Claire
01:54may have been killed.
01:56They said she was a mother of one and that her son was currently a doctor practicing
02:00in Jamaica.
02:01They said that she would often take care of her cousins and nieces who would visit the
02:05home and while they said she was a private person, they described her as a welcoming
02:10and good-natured individual.
02:20He described her as a very lovely individual.
02:34He called on the police to find out exactly what happened to Mrs. Dan Claire and to hold
02:39anyone responsible for her death.
02:41Out here now, it's real sad, it's really, really sad out here and we don't know when
02:45it's going to reach any doorstep and to me, it reached right on the doorstep here.
02:49Alexander Broussois, TV6 News.
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