The Kurunduwatta Police have started an extensive investigation regarding the mysterious death of a retired music teacher in a house at Wijerama Road, Colombo 7.
The deceased female teacher Mithrani Fernando Smith is 75 years old.
Police suspect that she died on December 15 and she had been living alone.
Police say that her younger brother’s son parks his car in the garden of the retired teacher’s house. He is said to reside in Moratuwa. He has told Police he saw her on December 15 around 3 pm and she was ready to conduct private classes and was waiting for the children to arrive.
He had also told Police that when he returned at night, he found the doors of the house open and the electricity in the house had been cut off and he felt suspicious and called Police on the 119 hotline. Kuruduwatta Police found her lying on the floor of the house. Police called the 1990 ambulance service to the spot and medical personnel in the ambulance had checked her and informed she was dead.
Police have discovered that her husband died about one and a half to two years ago and since then she has been living alone in this house. The Police say that she has no children either. Police say the trip switch in the house was found to be off. Police had found a floor polishing machine on the floor where she fell. The machine was connected to electricity. Police have also observed that a wire was broken in one place of the machine. Police suspect she may have died due to electrocution.Her body has been sent to the Colombo JMO for a post-mortem examination to reach a clear conclusion as to what caused her death.
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