‘Why kill my mother?’By RHONDOR DOWLAT Saturday, September 4 2010
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A DAUGHTER'S TEARS: Liselle Francis (left) is consoled as she cries for her mother, murdered attorney Nofritari "Bobby" Montrose (INSET) at the funera...
LISELLE FRANCIS, daughter of murdered attorney Nofritari “Bobby” Montrose, 38, had to be supported by friends and relatives yesterday as she became overwhelmed with grief at Montrose’s funeral service.
As the casket bearing the body of her mother was being taken out of the St Francis of Assisi Roman Catholic Church in Sangre Grande, Liselle cried out: “Why? Why did that man have to kill my mother? Why kill my mother?”
During the service, Fr Derek Anton explained that “something was drastically wrong in society”. He urged mourners to “take stock” and examine their lives. “We are living a culture of death. We are dying inside, our souls are threatened by danger. Just recently we celebrated our 48th anniversary of Independence, where are we as a maturing nation?
As a people, we have to examine ourselves. We all have responsibilities. What time is being given to our children? We used to have values, now we no longer hold on to that. Something is wrong,” Fr Anton said.
On August 16, Montrose had just driven into the driveway of her Pro Queen Street home in Arima and was in the company of her nine-year-old son, when two gunmen approached and shot her twice in the head.
Montrose succumbed to her injuries on Monday at about 5 am while warded at the Port-of-Spain General Hospital. She was the mother of three. Montrose operated a successful law practice at her office at Eastern Main Road and Freeling Street, Tunapuna. Her husband, Martin Montrose, a former police officer, is also an attorney with a successful practice in the Sangre Grande area.
“We have not shown the right examples or the right values. Everyone is working on Sundays, businesses are open, there is no time for God, we no longer have that special time for God. We see it in the road rage, discourtesy on the roads, pedestrians who are discourteous and we once hurried off if a vehicle was approaching, now we no longer hurry to get out of the way. Those little things shows the callous disregard for others,” Fr Anton added. Following the service, Montrose was buried at the Turure Public Cemetery.
Up to yesterday, no one has been detained for questioning or arrested in connection with her murder, which has been labelled a “hit”. Northern Division’s Snr Supt Stephen Ramsubhag is heading the investigations and being assisted by Supt Samuel Bullen and Sgt Ken Samuel.
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