By BRIAN NEARING, Staff writer Last updated: 6:12 p.m., Saturday, October 25, 2008
SCHENECTADY -- City police this evening are investigating an apparent homicide at 402 Division St.
A police forensics unit was in the house at 6 p.m. looking for clues in the death of a 56-year-old woman who lived in the building. Police did not say what kind of weapon may have been used.
"We are investigating this as a homicide," said police spokesman Kevin Green.
The address is the first floor of a two-family building at Division Street. The upstairs apartment appeared dark this evening.
Police said they received a call at about 2:45 p.m. about the woman's body. They did not say who placed the call.
SCHENECTADY — The Schenectady Police Department is investigating the possible murder of a 56-year-old woman discovered in her home Saturday. Schenectady police Officer Kevin Green said that Saturday afternoon police received a call from someone who discovered the unresponsive body of Jaiwanti Mangar on the fi rst floor of 402 Division St. Green said police discovered the dead body of Mangar, originally from Guyana, at approximately 2:45 p.m. He said police are treating the death as a homicide and did not release any further details Saturday night.
Woman slain in Schenectady Police probe apparent killing on Division Street
By BRIAN NEARING, Staff writer First published in print: Sunday, October 26, 2008
Officials remove a body Saturday from a duplex on Division Street in Schenectady. (Michael P. Farrell / Times Union)
SCHENECTADY — City police Saturday night were investigating an apparent homicide of a woman in her home at 402 Division St, less than a block from Ellis Hospital.
Police found 56-year-old Jaiwanti Nangar on the first floor of the two-story duplex after getting a call about 2:45 p.m., police spokesman Kevin Green said.
"We are investigating this as a homicide," said Green, who could not say what evidence of foul play was present. A police forensics unit remained in the house at 6 p.m. looking for evidence. An autopsy is scheduled for this morning.
Two neighbors who asked their names not be used said a Guyanese couple who owned the home and their adult son lived in the first floor. They recalled a quiet family who kept their small front yard tended and would exchange greetings when passing on the street, but were mainly quiet.
"The woman would be walking down the street at 2:30 p.m., and we would both be going to work about the same time," said one neighbor. "She was quiet, but would always say hello."
The upstairs apartment at the crime scene had been vacant for several months after the last tenants moved out, according to a neighbor from across the street.
Green could not say who placed the initial call to police.
The gazette gives the Schenectady High Football team and coach front page of the local section. Nice touch but should have been in the sports section of the newspaper. Then we have a HOMICIDE and that gets printed, as a little blurb, 3 pages (B3) into the local section. Like saying...'oh and by the way there was a murder'.
The gazette should be praised for working hand and hand with the Schenectady city and county government in painting this false facade of what living in Schenectady is really like. There was a MURDER in Schenectady and the TU had extensive coverage in comparison to our very own local newspaper.
When the INSANE are running the ASYLUM In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule. -- Friedrich Nietzsche
“How fortunate for those in power that people never think.” Adolph Hitler
And the gazette wonders why circulation is down! They should have learned that being a puppet of our city and county government, will not bring them any success. Just look at the plex for confirmation.
When the INSANE are running the ASYLUM In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule. -- Friedrich Nietzsche
“How fortunate for those in power that people never think.” Adolph Hitler
SCHENECTADY Worry spreads after death Woman’s killing over weekend raises concern BY MICHAEL GOOT Gazette Reporter
Paddy Petamber, who owns Paddy Shree West Indian Store on State Street, said Jaiwanti Mangar sometimes would call her to make sure the store was going to be open. “She’s such a nice woman, so soft spoken. She’s sweet,” Petamber said Tuesday afternoon in her store, which sells wedding saris, bridal jewelry and other items. “She’s a hardworking person. She did two jobs.” Petamber said she was shocked when she heard the news that Mangar’s body was found Saturday afternoon at her 402 Division St. home. Police said it is a homicide case; the cause of death was blunt force trauma. Petamber said she felt a special connection to the 56-year-old Mangar after learning that she grew up in a village near hers in Guyana. Petamber said Mangar would not reveal too much about herself in their conversations. She knew one of her jobs was as a cleaner at General Electric and that she recently attended her daughter’s wedding in Canada. Mangar also had two sons and her youngest, Benjamin, was recently married at Christ Family Fellowship Church, which has a large Guyanese membership. Petamber knew that Mangar’s Christian faith was very important to her. She was very involved in activi- ties at Faith Deliverance Tabernacle, according to Pastor C. Robert. “She was a wonderful person. She was very loving,” Robert said. Mangar was actively involved in a church prayer group. Robert said he believed that she and her husband had lived in the United States for about 13 or 14 years and had relocated to Schenectady from Long Island three years ago. Mangar led a very quiet life, by most accounts. Mohamed Niel, who owns Becker Grocery and Deli, said he did not know Mangar personally but said other customers have told him they knew her. “They say she’s good. She’s quiet.” Robert believed Mangar’s husband worked at security and was out of the country at the time she was slain. He returned to bury his wife. This killing of a Guyanese resident has weighed heavily on the community. “I don’t see why she could die like this,” said Rasheed Dan, who works at the Ish Ocean and Garden Fish store on Crane Street, owned by his father Satesh. Dan said he did not personally know Mangar but he said it seems Guyanese keep to themselves. Another Guyanese man standing outside the store who did not wish to be identified said that he was from the same village as Mangar’s husband. He did not know Mangar that well but said the husband was a good Christian and was a pastor in his native country. He added that neighborhood residents should worry about finding the people responsible for Mangar’s death. Petamber said she also worries about crime. The Guyanese community is scared and believes they may be targets for robberies because people think that the Guyanese are rich, she said. She sees people sitting on the steps of her store, drinking alcohol and doing drugs. She said she felt safer in Queens, where she lived for 18 years before moving here. “Sometimes, I have to close my store,” she said. “I’m afraid here.” Petamber said some Guyanese are already leaving the area. Police department spokesman Officer Christopher Wrubel said there is no new information in the case. Wrubel said statistics for burglaries, assaults and homicides do not support Guyanese concerns about threats to their neighborhood. “We have received no indication that either the Guyanese or any other type of group in the city are being targeted,” he said.
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