A Cunupia man is charged with the murder of Reeshma Mahadeo.

Mazud Nazir Rasheed was remanded when he appeared before Magistrate Christine Charles in the Chaguanas 1^st Magistrates’ Court yesterday.

29-year-old Mr. Rasheed is accused of killing 21-year-old Ms. Mahadeo on August 31^st.

Family members last saw Ms. Mahadeo of Edinburgh 500 on the same day as she was leaving her home to visit a friend.

Farmers in the Cunupia district discovered her partially burnt body on September 4th.

Post mortem results revealed the cause of death was blunt force craniocerebral trauma.

The accused, a Lorryman of Munroe Road, Cunupia was arrested for the homicide last Thursday.

The matter has been adjourned to October 10^th.