The Liberia National Police (LNP) is investigating the death of a 45-year-old Liberian-Canadian woman, Sianneh Goe Ricks, whose charred body was discovered a week ago in her room in Ben Town, Marshall, Lower Margibi County.
Madam Ricks was discovered dead following a fire incident at her house in Marshall Community.
Sources revealed that the deceased had recently returned home after completion of her dream home in Marshall, but met her unfortunate demise, covered in a burning mattress in her bedroom, in circumstances residents described as deeply suspicious.
Further reports say she was beaten, raped and tied up in her mattress, before the hidden suspect set her ablaze.
“This is unfortunate, too terrible for our country; how can a fire just catch up like that? We suspect something is wrong. We had come to help put out the fire, but then the police drove everyone out of the yard; no one has told us what the police found or what really happened”, one resident said.
Although the Police said they have arrested five suspects in connection with the incident, this is the mystery the law enforcers would have to uncover.
How come that a fellow Liberian, who spent years abroad and eventually decided to return to Liberia, the land of her birth, after she had built her dream house here, only to be set ablaze and killed? Was she alone in the house? Who could have done this ghastly act? What caused the fire?
Did she have unsettled scores with any family member or community resident that could have led to this horrible killing, if any, which is not a justification for taking her life.
Family sources disclosed that the late Sianeah had lived and worked in Canada for most of her life, but decided to relocate to Liberia after successfully constructing her dream home. She had lived in the house in Ben Town, Marshall, for about a year and a half before tragedy struck.
We urge the Liberia National Police to leave no screw unturned in getting to the bottom of this murder, because this is one of the things that discourage most Diaspora Liberians from coming home, which borders on security. We want pepetrators of the crime brought before the law to serve as deterrence.
