Hints at a serial killer

Jul 29, 2014 Editorial

Guyanese sooner rather than later must come to the realization that if they continue to operate as if there is no possibility of a serial killer or killers in their midst, then such an attitude will undergo a major shock out of its complacency. The latest evidence which has occupied our collective consciousness in the last four weeks, and which should cause some consternation, is the disappearance of Nyozi Goodman.
The discovery of the skeletal remains of what has been determined to have been a woman adds to the consternation.
In a commendable departure from the norm, Pathologist Dr. Nehaul Singh, opted to perform the autopsy at the discovery site. Hopefully, there was enough forensic evidence to assist the police in arriving at a conclusion as to whether the victim was killed at that spot, or was transported there after being killed elsewhere.
But before this gruesome find we were reminded of the disappearance of a policewoman, Patriena Nicholson in 2009. This woman has not been heard from since. From all indications the police did not investigate Nicholson’s disappearance with the necessary diligence, primarily because of allegations of improper association with person(s) of questionable character.
Be that as it may, there is a strong likelihood that the policewoman met a fate similar to that of the female whose partially clad body was found with stab wounds at Pattensen.
It may not have escaped anyone’s attention that both women left their homes without informing those close to them whom they were going to meet if that was indeed the arrangement.
What is certainly known is that both women are said to have been acquainted with one particular individual, and that seems to be as far as things went. What is significant is that increasingly, it appears as if adults – both male and female consider themselves above letting others know who they are having a relationship with whether it is “one in the making” or otherwise.
That position is downright dangerous in many respects, let us just take a look at a couple of reasons why people should advise others about whom they are friendly with, or are going out to meet.
A woman meets a man (or woman) and strikes up a friendship that seems headed in a romantic direction. She might be in another one which obviously explains why she would be reticent about disclosing the budding one probably out of a desire to see where things are going first before enlightening others, or she might wish to avoid being on the receiving end of human judgment.
In a naïve gesture, she indicates to the prospective paramour that their relationship is a secret and no one even knows that they are meeting. As far-fetched as the foregoing may sound it is enough to convince us that those types of secrets can lead to disastrous results.
We do not even know the psychology of the people whom we see and talk with on a daily basis, which makes it all the more imperative why we should not acquiesce to any request to keep our sometimes illicit liaisons secret.
Let us relate a similar circumstance to a man. A man has a relationship which has probably been broken off by one or both parties. The fact remains that everyone knows of his relationship and is under the impression that it is current.
Everyone does not know that a new one has started simply because it is a secret. If that woman turns up dead the first person who is suspected will be the person who is known by everyone to be the lover.
The horrendous thought here is that if the original Joe does not have an alibi he is in for some unpleasantly interesting moments in the hands of the police. But more horrifying is the fact that the guilty party is more than likely to escape undetected leaving him free to commit more atrocities because the victim wanted to be private about her (or his) love life.
For the reasons given above it is high time that people review their communication practices because we really do not know the minds of some of those with whom we openly mingle, much less those with whom we share some secret association.

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