POLICE are investigating the death of a Cuban national, Davely Morales, 21, of Lot 56 Pike Street, Kitty, Georgetown.

According to information from the Guyana Police Force (GPF), Morales, a sales representative, was chopped to death, allegedly, by her stepfather, 40-year-old Wispriey Alfonso, who is in police custody assisting with investigations.

Police said the incident occurred around 07:00 hrs, on Friday. Enquiries disclosed that the victim travelled to Guyana about a month ago with her mother, Milaysi Rodrigues, a 38-year-old Cuban national; her nine-year-old sister; and the suspect, who is her step-father. They rented an apartment in Pike Street Kitty, Georgetown.

“At about 07:00hrs today [Friday], another tenant in the apartment building heard a female screaming. He then exited the apartment and observed that the door to Apartment #1 was open and the suspect was standing over the victim’s mother, who was lying on her back in the living room, and assaulting her with a chopper,” the police said.

He also observed the victim lying beside her mother with chop wounds about her body in a pool of blood. The victim (Davely) then got up and ran out of the apartment and collapsed through the “walkway”, and the suspect then ran out of the building.

Emergency Medical Technicians from Central Fire Station responded and the victim was pronounced dead by a doctor from Georgetown Public Hospital.

The victim’s mother was escorted to the hospital, where she is presently seeking medical attention. She sustained several chop wounds on her body, and her condition is listed as serious.

The body of the deceased was examined, and chop wounds were seen on her hands, the back of her head, and jaw. The body was escorted to the Memorial Gardens Funeral Home, where a post-mortem examination will be conducted.

Meanwhile, the suspect walked into the Kitty Police Station with the chopper in hand. He was arrested and placed into custody, and the chopper that had what appeared to be blood stains.