DNA tests needed for 3 killed in Guapo

DNA tests are needed to verify the identities of the three bodies found, burnt beyond recognition, after a fire destroyed a house at Guapo on Friday morning.

The bodies are believed to be those of house owner Ceslyn “Linda” Farrell, 69, her son Patrick Farrell, 48, and friend Seycelles Hannah, 41. Police believe somebody killed them then set the house at Petrotrin Quarters on fire. Farrell was a mother of six, grandmother of 17 and great grandmother of two.

One of her daughters, Lucyann Sandy, told Newsday on Tuesday that police investigators needed the DNA results to confirm the identities.

“We know they were killed. My mother was a really nice person. She was always willing to help anybody. She helped anybody and everybody,” Sandy said.

Farrell took in Hannah about three months ago owing to domestic woes. Hannah was the mother of two and previously lived at Point Fortin.

“Countless people passed through my mother’s house. I went to Point (Fortin) this morning and it was pressure to leave. People keep stopping me (to talk about her).”

The bereaved daughter said her mother, who loved going to church, always made time to help others.

“She always said she had children and a mother does not know the position her children could fall in. So, she felt she must help someone else’s.”

The family’s pet dog “Cuddles” gathered with weeping relatives in the streets and waited for the removal of the bodies on Friday.

Sandy referred to the dog as her mother’s baby.

Police detained and later released a 33-year-old Point Fortin man, referred to as a person of interest.