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May 23, 2008 News

Reputed wife and relatives released

After questioning her for five days, detectives have released the reputed wife of Ganga Persaud, whose body was found in his car trunk last week.

Kaieteur News was told that the woman and two of her male relatives were released on station bail on Thursday.

Investigators said that they have some circumstantial evidence but need further information before charges can be laid.

Persaud was cremated yesterday at the Ruimzeight foreshore. His reputed wife did not attend the funeral, although several of Persaud’s siblings, who reside overseas, were present.

A sister of the slain man said that the family was devastated by his brutal death and by the fact that his killers are still at large.

“Never in my wildest dreams did I think that someone would do something like this to him,” the sister told Kaieteur News.

“My brother was not a bad person. He was hard-working.”

Persaud’s sister said the family will discuss the possibility of offering a reward to anyone who could provide information about their brother’s killers.

Persaud’s reputed wife and two relatives were detained shortly after police discovered his corpse in his car trunk in Eighth Street, Diamond Housing Scheme.

Persaud’s spouse has alleged that she spoke to him by cellular phone at around 22:00 hrs on Friday night.

However, Kaieteur News understands that investigators have not located the slain man’s cell phone.
It is unclear whether they have checked telephone records to verify this claim.

A brother of the slain man said he had attempted to contact Persaud on the same mobile phone after he was reported missing.

According to the brother, he received a message indicating that the instrument was turned off.
Persaud’s reputed wife has alleged that he stated that he was in the vicinity of Agricola and was heading home when they spoke by cellular phone on Friday night.

However, Persaud’s car was facing west when it was found, indicating that the person who had driven it was heading out of Diamond Housing Scheme.

Detectives suspect that the 52-year-old remigrant was murdered at or near his home in 19th Street, Diamond.

They believe that the killers then stuffed his corpse in the car trunk and drove to Eighth Street, Diamond.

Lengths of bicycle tubing and duct tape were wrapped around his nostrils and mouth and his shoes were missing.

An autopsy revealed that he had died from asphyxia due to suffocation and fracture of the larynx.

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