18/11/2025
"She was a fighter": Rideshare driver shot dead and dumped in Montrose— killed for her car by passenger (s)
Police have launched a homicide investigation into the brutal murder of 38-year-old Avanelle Abraham, a rideshare driver who was shot dead and dumped along Maraj Street, Montrose, Chaguanas, on Sunday evening.
Abraham, who lived at Penco Street, Montrose, had responded to a rideshare call earlier in the afternoon, was murdered for her vehicle, sources confirmed.
It remains unclear which rideshare company she was working with, or exactly where she picked up her passenger(s), but Ian Alleyne Network expect those details to emerge as the probe continues.
Sources told the Ian Alleyne Network that Abraham was still in the process of paying for her vehicle — a silver Kia Cerato sedan, registration PDZ 3276 — which remains missing.
According to early intelligence, Abraham’s passenger(s) reportedly announced a robbery and ordered her out of her vehicle. However, relatives told us she was the type of woman who would fight for what belonged to her.
“She’s a fighter and would fight for what is right and hers,” a family member said.
Investigators believe she resisted the attackers. She was then shot once in the head and pushed out of her own car, which the suspects then sped off with.
Her body was discovered around 5:15 p.m. on November 16th, after officers from the Central Division Task Force responded to reports of a shooting. Abraham was found lying motionless on the roadway with a gunshot wound to the left side of her head and a cushion beneath her legs. She was pronounced dead at the scene.
Residents reported hearing a single gunshot around 4:58 p.m., followed by a silver vehicle speeding out of Maraj Street heading south — believed to be Abraham’s stolen car.
This killing comes amid a disturbing rise in robberies, abductions, and attacks on rideshare drivers, carried out by bandits posing as legitimate passengers.
Investigations into Abraham’s murder and the whereabouts of her stolen vehicle are ongoing.— Story by Ian Alleyne Network
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