A thirty-two-year-old woman was found dead in her bed yesterday, with a gaping wound to the neck at McGowan Street, Manchester, Corentyne, Berbice.

THE house where her body was found.

The deceased is Camille DeJonge familiarly called 'Millie', a weeder employed by East Berbice Sugar Estates and Police have detained a suspect in connection with the murder.

A knife believed to be the weapon used in the killing was recovered at the crime scene.

The lifeless body of the mother of two was discovered by one of her children who was attempting to awaken her.

Rayanne DeJonge, sister of the victim, said she went to the home after she got a telephone call.

She said her sister had on only her underwear and there was a gaping wound to the right side of the neck.

The surviving sibling told the Guyana Chronicle a nephew reported that, before her death, his aunt had gone to Sunday horse racing at Alness, another Corentyne village.

He said, on her return home, the woman prepared her children's uniforms and other things for the new school week.

Later, a married man with whom she had an affair visited her but her children did not know what transpired between their mother and the visitor as they went to bed.

However, on awakening about 06:15 h yesterday, her 10-year-old son Kevin made the discovery of his mother lying on bloodstained bed clothes.

He removed the sheet and pillow case in his attempt to arouse her but, on getting no response, rushed over to a neighbour who confirmed their worst fears.

Marjorie Green was overwhelmed with emotion as she lamented the cruel death of her friend of many years.

"Millie did not deserve to die this way," she said, sobbing.

A Police source said the woman was stabbed and a wound, of between three and four inches long, was inflicted on her.

Camille DeJonge leaves to mourn also seven siblings. She was the fourth of eight children born to Phyllis De Jonge, a well-known Georgetown-based newspaper vendor, who died in May. (JEUNE BAILEY VAN-KERIC)