In a heart-wrenching interview, Minierva Sancho, the mother of 31-year-old Loretta Sonia Cyrus, expressed her belief that jealousy drove her daughter’s former partner, Cyril Saul, to commit murder-suicide in Georgetown on Tuesday. Both were found dead in separate rooms at a guesthouse on Lime Street, Wortmanville, as police continue their investigation into the circumstances surrounding their tragic deaths.
Loretta, originally from Rose Hall Town, Region Six, had moved to Georgetown several years ago in search of work and had been living with her father in Kitty. It was during her tenure at the guesthouse that she met Saul, leading to the start of their relationship. Though Sancho met Saul only once and found him friendly, she had concerns given her daughter’s previous experiences in a toxic relationship.
“I told her to be careful and not hurry into anything,” Sancho recalled, her voice filled with sorrow. As the relationship progressed, Loretta began voicing concerns about Saul’s behavior, ultimately leading to her decision to break up about two months prior to the incident.
“This guy couldn’t accept it,” Sancho lamented. “He had that attitude—‘If I can’t get you, nobody can.’ There are other women out there. Why couldn’t he just move on? Why do this to my daughter?”
Describing Loretta as quiet, calm, and respectful, Sancho noted that the young woman’s decision to leave the relationship came after she learned that Saul was involved with another woman. Jealousy, according to her mother, remained a pervasive issue. “When my daughter dressed, she looked good, and he couldn’t take that,” she explained. “But there are other women who look nice too. Why fixate on her?”
Loretta had spent the Christmas holidays with her family, returning to Georgetown just a day before her death. Sancho said she never imagined that her last visit would be the final time she saw her youngest child alive. “My last words to her were, ‘Be careful and hurry back,’” she said, her voice breaking under the weight of grief. “I never thought that would be the last thing I’d say to my daughter.”
Sancho is left questioning the circumstances of the fatal incident, wondering if anyone else was present at the guesthouse when it occurred. “Wasn’t anybody else in the building?” she asked, pondering whether the tragic events unfolded quietly and without witnesses.
While Loretta had not mentioned any physical assaults to her mother, Sancho remains uncertain if her daughter confided in someone else about her experiences. Loretta was the youngest of three siblings, and her family, friends, and relatives are now grappling with the sudden and violent loss of a woman they describe as simply trying to move on with her life.
