Husband assisting police investigating death of wife in French Guiana

GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC):

Police say that the husband of a 34-year-old woman, whose body was found in neighbouring French Guiana over the last weekend, is assisting their investigations into her death.

They said that the body of Coretta Blair Sandy, also known as ‘Mindy’, had been discovered days after she was reported missing by her husband, who had also travelled with her to French Guiana.

The remains of the mother of one, were found not far from the residence where she and her husband, Terrence Glasgow, had been staying in Cayenne.

Coretta had reportedly travelled to French Guiana with her husband on May 29 and according to her relatives was due to return here two days later.

But Glasgow returned to Guyana alone and is reported to have told Coretta’s family that the couple had been passing through neighbouring Suriname when they came under gunfire during an alleged ambush by two unknown men.

Glasgow told the family that Coretta was fatally shot in the head, and that he returned to Guyana without her.

However, inconsistencies in his report led to the wife’s family making a report to the police here, who brought in Glasgow for questioning.

The authorities now believe the woman may have been killed in French Guiana, and not during cross-border travel as had been claimed.

Reports suggest that Coretta may have been murdered last week and investigations are ongoing, with both Guyanese and French authorities coordinating efforts to determine the full circumstances surrounding the death of the mother of a 15-year-old child.