Eighteen-year-old Emily Phillip had no idea that when her mother left home on Wednesday, it would have been the last time she saw her alive.
Sandy Mohammed, a geriatric nurse and mother of seven, reportedly drowned at the Quinam Beach in Siparia, hours after she left home.
According to a report, Mohammed had gone to the beach with her boyfriend Kyron Hospedales, 36, before the tragic incident occurred.
However, Phillip yesterday told Guardian Media that her mother’s relationship with Hospedales ended a few months ago.
Hospedales, of Sangre Grande, is the father of Mohammed’s last two children.
Hospedales told police that around 6.55 pm, they were at the beach sitting on some rocks and they then entered the water. He said he left Mohammed in waist height water and went for a swim. When he returned, however, he said did not see her. Hospedales said he called out to her but got no response.
Hospedales retrieved a flashlight from by the rocks and then saw her body floating in the water. He pulled her out and left her on the shore while he went to find help. A district medical officer viewed her body and ordered its removal to the San Fernando General Hospital’s mortuary.
In a telephone interview yesterday, Phillip said her mother left home around 4 or 5 o clock that afternoon.
She told her she was going out.
“I just want a proper investigation done. I am still tryin to process what happened. No one heard her beating up in the water. She didn’t call for help?” she questioned.
She said she and her mother had planned to cook Christmas lunch together at their Chaguanas home. Mohammed was going to do the baking while she prepared the other dishes.
Phillip was also upset that the police did not allow her to view her mother’s body at mortuary at the San Fernando General Hospital. She said she was given her mother’s jewellery and told she would not be able to view her mother’s body because it was a police matter.
The autopsy will be done at the Forensic Science Centre, Port-of-Spain.
