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Crabwood Creek murder baffles investigators

Mar 24, 2016 News

Investigators in Berbice are examining several theories as they continue to probe the murder of 78 year old Crabwood Creek resident, Khublall Gomes.
The pensioner’s body was discovered around 21:30 hours on Tuesday with wounds to the head and plastic handcuffs wrapped tightly around the throat.
His entire house was ransacked and his licensed shotgun was missing.
While investigators are certain that Gomes was robbed, they are looking at other theories that point towards a planned murder disguised as a robbery.
Police say the victim, Khublall Gomes, was found lying in his hammock in the bottom flat of his two-storey home. The front door to the upper flat appeared to have been forced open and the premises ransacked.
A male relative reportedly made the grisly discovery when he was passing Gomes’ home and observed that the front gate was open. After calling for Gomes and getting no response, the relative summoned neighbours. They then went into the yard and discovered Gomes’ body.
Kaieteur News understands that Gomes lived with a female companion, but that the woman has been in Suriname for the past two weeks.
“The police are looking at all the theories. We learnt that he had a large sum of cash in the house but we are awaiting the arrival of his son from Minesota; only he could help de police now,” a source in Berbice told Kaieteur News.
This newspaper also understands that investigators are looking at a murder for hire theory involving another close family member.
Gomes’ murder has increased the number of murders in the Ancient County to 13 so far for the year, by far the highest amount for any one police division.

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