Thirty eight year old Odit Thom, of Number 4 Village, West Coast Berbice, was today charged with the murder of bartender, Marissa Fraser. Thom made his first court appearance before Magistrate Randell Weaver in the Fort Wellington Magistrates’ Court where he was not required to plea to the indictable offence.
The unrepresented Thom was sent to the National Psychiatric Hospital for an evaluation, after claiming that he was of unsound mind. He is expected to make his second court appearance on January 24, 2018.
Marissa Fraser’s body was discovered in trench on Monday by a passer-by sometime around 8:00 hrs. Her faced was covered in mud and was naked from the waist down. Reports are that her body bore several marks of violence.