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Body in Demerara River…Escaped murder suspect died of head injuries
The mystery surrounding the demise of escapee Robin Maxwell Thomas has deepened with a post mortem indicating that he was murdered.
The post mortem revealed that Thomas, whose corpse was found in the Demerara River, sustained blunt trauma to the head and that his skull was fractured.
Thomas, 22, along with alleged accomplice Stafrei Alexander, had broken out of the Mackenzie Police Station on December 8, 2015.
The escape occurred hours before they were scheduled to appear in court for the murder of businesswoman Shevon Gordon, who was shot near her One Mile, Linden premises. Her son was also wounded in the attack.
Aiden Bowen, of Blueberry Hill, Wismar, and Anthony Primo, 29, of 153 Laing Avenue, were also charged in connection with the same murder.
A few days after his escape, Thomas’ badly decomposed corpse was found in the Demerara River, in the vicinity of West Watooka.
Wanted: Stafrei Alexander
Dead: Robin Maxwell Thomas
But his body was only positively identified in late December, after detectives matched the victim’s thumbprint to prints of Thomas they have on record. Relatives further confirmed his identity after viewing the body.
Yesterday, a female relative said that the family is convinced that Thomas was murdered. The relatives have also expressed suspicion about Thomas’ ‘escape.’
Thomas was said to have provided police with information about the murder for which he and three others were charged.
The police Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR) had taken statements from police ranks and prisoners to ascertain how Thomas and Stafrei Alexander had broken out of the Mackenzie Police Station lockups.
Assistant Police Commissioner David Ramnarine, who was acting as Crime Chief at the time, had said that according to information, the ranks were in the Enquiries Office at around 02.00 hrs and when they checked the lockups, they observed a hole in the concrete wall.
“For anyone to dig a hole in a concrete wall, is that they went in there with some instrument, and it sends a message that they were not searched, and that their cell was not searched,” he said.
“It is clear that there was a supervision problem and that enough vigilance was not exercised. I know that there will be an investigation.”
Police have issued a wanted bulletin for Alexander, who remains at large.
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