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Crane housewife murder…Victim’s relative claims fugitive hidden by sibling
Almost two months have passed and the police have not been able to arrest the 44-year-old man who allegedly killed his wife, Candy Rawlins, on July 17, last, at their Lot 4 Crane Housing Scheme, West Coast Demerara residence.
The suspect, Vidol Anthony Rawlins with his now dead wife, Candy, and his stepdaughter in happier times.
Minutes after the police found the nude body of the 30-year-old housewife with a confession letter signed by her husband, Vidol Anthony Rawlins, lying beside her, a search was launched, but to date no arrest has been made.
The police said that Rawlins had allegedly bound and gagged his stepdaughter before stabbing her mother to the neck.
Yesterday, a relative of the dead woman, Dale LaRose, said that they have received information that one of the man’s siblings is hiding him.
He explained that the individual went to the vacant house which the couple once shared and removed Rawlins’ clothes and working tools.
There are also reports that persons saw the alleged killer leaving his sibling’s home on numerous occasions.
“After he killed my cousin then we hear that he killed he ex-wife and went in jail for seven years before. In he letter he put that whatever in the house is for his step-daughter, but his sibling (name given) telling a different story now,” La Rose said.
He also expressed dissatisfaction with the way the police are investigating this case.
“First of all, after this man killed her, he called a taxi. The police could have gotten a print out of the phone bill and called back the taxi and let the driver direct them to where he drop off Rawlins,” the relative suggested.
According to a police source close to the investigation, the 11-year-old girl informed them that she was in her room when she heard her stepfather demanding sex from her mother.
She said that she “did not take the noise too serious” because constant quarrelling was a norm in the home.
“She said she went back to sleep. The next day when she wake up the stepfather taped her mouth and tied her up in a chair,” a police source explained.
He added that the 11-year-old girl claimed that she managed to untie herself after some time and ran to her mother’s room.
“When she see her mother she start scream and she run and call out for the neighbours who then informed us,” the police source said.
One woman claimed that she saw the suspect leaving his home on the morning of the murder with his haversack.
“He does normally leave around that time to go to work, so I thought he was going to work, but he used a different route than he does normally use,” the neighbour claimed.
No one reported hearing any noise coming from the house. Neighbours had said that the couple fought and quarreled often.
The search for the construction worker continues.
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