Latest update September 13th, 2026 10:36 AM
Victim’s cousin says this is a murder not vehicular accident
Dear Editor,
Guyana government pathologist, Dr. Nehaul Singh, performed an autopsy on the body of Curt Burke, who hailed from Drill, Mahaicony, Guyana. Curt was killed on January 27, 2016. His body was discarded in a cluster of bushes a distance from the Drill main road.
Dr. Singh found that his injuries are consistent with a large or heavy vehicle running over his body possibly multiple times. The injuries are multiple broken bones, severely damaged organs; all major arteries punctured; smashed brain and severed limbs. Photographs and reports from the scene showed no blood stains or brain matter on the ground; suggesting that the body was brought to the scene where it was discovered.
The findings of the pathologist support our family’s conclusion that Curt appeared to have been murdered and that his body was subsequently dumped in the bushes in vicinity of his home in an attempt to stage an accident.
Dr. Sing’s findings render the police’s speculation that this was a hit and run accident, inexplicable. I’m particularity frustrated that the Commanding Officer of the “C” Division of the Guyana Police Force, Assistant Commissioner of Police Marlon Chapman, who has jurisdiction for this investigation, continues to speculate in the press about this crime being an accident. His assumption is not consistent with the prima facie evidence, which points to premeditated murder.
Deliberately running over a human being with a vehicle, which was used as a weapon to inflict serious bodily injury or cause death, is not an accident. It is murder! The Police’s inexpert conflation of an “accident” with a “homicide by vehicle” does not inspire confidence in this investigation.
Instead of speculating about a cause of death, the Police should conduct a professional investigation with dispatch. The Police must also provide a justification for why officers at the Mahaicony Station declined to detain and/or interrogate two potential suspects who showed up at the station to retrieve a cell phone that was found at the crime scene.
We believe that the investigation by the “C” Division has been sloppy and unprofessional and therefore repose no confidence in their investigation. Consequently, we call on the Commissioner of Police to direct investigators from the headquarters of the Criminal Investigations Division to take over the investigation of this crime.
Rickford Burke
President
Caribbean Guyana Institute for Democracy (CGID)
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