February 28th 2023 will mark three years since three people were murdered and their home set on fire

February 28th 2023 will mark three years since three people were murdered and their home set on fire at Guapo Village in Point Fortin.
• The deceased victims are 69-year-old Ceslyn Farrell, her son 48-year-old Patrick Farrell, and family friend 41-year-old Seycelles Hannah. They were all stabbed to death and their home set on fire
• Initially police though they died as a result of a house fire but crime scene investigators soon found evidence inside the burnt-out house which suggested the trio were first murdered.
• This was also confirmed by the forensic pathologist at the Forensic Sciences Centre in St. James who died autopsies on the victims which showed they were all stabbed to death.
• The investigations into this triple homicide took an extremely long period of time given the fact that DNA samples had to be sent abroad to be analysed.
• Today, I can confirm for you that DNA evidence recently came back from the UK and investigators are following several leads into the triple murders.
• Crime scene investigators found blood splattered on the walls of the burnt house where the three were found at Petrotrin quarters in Cochrane on Friday 28th February, 2020 around 8:30am.
• That evening, police detained a person of interest for questioning, but he was later released. Hannah, a mother of three, broke off a relationship and left her home at South Central Road, Point Fortin.
• Ceslyn Farrell, an avid churchgoer, met Hannah through her church and took her in about four months ago. Patrick Farrell lived in Tobago and at his mother’s home at Guapo. He was one of six children. Farrell also had 17 grandchildren.