00:00For the last year, 64-year-old Durpati Chance had been working and living with her daughter
00:06in the United States, but returned to Trinidad for a short visit last month.
00:11On Thursday morning, her lifeless body was found by her son at their St. Mary's Village
00:16Maruga home.
00:17The son had just returned from working a night shift around 5.30 am and discovered his father
00:23beaten and tied to his bed in his bedroom.
00:26His mother was found dead in a separate bedroom, lying on her back on the bed, her hands bound
00:31with rope and feet tied with an electrical cord.
00:35Police reports state the couple went to bed around 10pm, but was awoken shortly after
00:40by a banging noise.
00:42When the husband went to check, he was confronted by two masked men, one armed with a knife,
00:48the other a gun.
00:50At the scene today, we spoke with the area's MP.
00:53In talking to the family, reaching on site, I was told it may have occurred since 10 last
00:59night.
01:00The son would have discovered his father tied up on reaching home from work this morning.
01:07His mum strangled.
01:09The victim's 71-year-old husband remained on location until his wife's body was removed
01:14from the home, then left with relatives to seek medical attention.
01:19Chance and her husband are well known in the community.
01:22They used to make and sell roti out of their home for many years.
01:27A relative says knowing TNT remains a safe space and citizens should be allowed the right
01:33to bear arms to defend against criminals.
01:37At this time in this country, it is like you just want to leave Trinidad and run from here.
01:43Trinidad is a place where nowhere is safe at all.
01:47It's just like, you know, you can just take your family and leave from here.
01:52Because this country is not getting better, it is not getting better.
01:55We need the businessmen, the business people need FUL to protect ourselves because the
02:00only time police come and buy a place is when somebody is undead or coming to investigate
02:06and that's it.
02:07But on the given moment and second, we need to protect ourself because the police not
02:12going to be here with us 24 seven.
02:14MP Benjamin condemned the level of serious crimes in the St. Mary's community and the
02:19absence of preventative policing measures.
02:22This morning, what do you see?
02:23You ask the government to intervene, you ask the commissioner or police to intervene.
02:28Things have done in the past.
02:30We would have was guaranteed that we would have had a town hall meeting, we will get
02:34more patrols.
02:35None of these things materialize since the father and the daughter was murdered.
02:41So again, I'm making a plea.
02:42We need more patrols in the St. Mary's community.
02:45We need more answers with regards to what is going on with the crime situation.
02:49We need help.
02:51Also at the crime scene this morning was a neighbor, the mother of murdered St. Mary's
02:55father and daughter, Enrico and Anika Guerra.
02:59Six months they killed my children.
03:01Homicide are calling me, police are calling me, I'm calling them, they're not even answering.
03:06And if you're the victim, pick it up on yourself, it's the quickest to see if we respond to
03:11some police.
03:13You understand, we live in a lawless land where they don't care, the authorities do
03:17not care.
03:18They come, they do what they're doing here, and them people are hearing from their mouths.
03:21And that is the end of that.
03:23Cindy Raguban Tikasing, TV6 News.
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