A St James woman was found decapitated inside her Retirement District home on Monday afternoon.
The deceased has been identified as 53-year-old Michelle Gayle Brown.
Investigators have indicated that her son, who is said to be mentally challenged, has been arrested in connection with the investigation.
According to the police, Gayle Brown did not show up for work and calls to her phone went unanswered. As a result, an alarm was raised and a team was sent to her home.
When the police arrived, they forced their way inside the house and discovered the woman’s headless body wrapped in a sheet and lying in blood.
Gayle-Brown’s body also had chop wounds body and both arms were partially severed. Her head was later discovered inside the kitchen, wrapped in a towel.
According to investigators, she was murdered between 8 p.m. on Sunday and 4:30 p.m. on Monday,