Cops step up hunt for shallow grave suspect

Mar 25, 2017 News

Police have stepped up the hunt for the prime suspect in the bizarre murder of his cousin, whose corpse, with an arrow in the body, was found last Thursday in a shallow grave in the Central Rupununi.
A senior police official disclosed that police had scoured areas at Moca Moca, Lethem on Thursday, where they were told the 28-year-old suspect was hiding, but came up empty-handed.
However, the source appeared optimistic of an arrest soon.
While police have an eyewitness, they are still to ascertain the motive for the killing.
The body of Arnold Gordon, 24, a labourer of Crapaud Pond, Kumu Village, Central Rupununi, was found in a grave around 16.30hrs on Friday, in an area known as Tiger Plate, Central Rupununi.
The victim was shot with an arrow under his right arm-pit. An iron rod was also found near the murder scene.
The sole eyewitness to the killing is said to be a six-year-old boy, who is the slain man’s cousin.
According to reports, Gordon and his six-year-old cousin left home around 17:00hrs on Thursday to fish at a pond next to the Tiger Plate area. While in the area, Gordon encountered the 28 year old cousin, who is unemployed, and an argument ensued.
It is alleged that the suspect picked up a piece of wood and a metal rod and struck Gordon.
The six year old, who was with Gordon, ran back home and told his grandmother.
When Gordon failed to return home the following day, his mother reported the matter to a Toshao, who informed the police. The Toshao and a team conducted a search for Gordon and eventually located the corpse in a grave which was about two feet deep.
There have been six ‘disorderly’ murders for the year in ‘F’ Division.
On Wednesday, February 1, the body of Henry Samuels, 69, with a stab wound to neck, was found in his home at Hosororo Hill, North West District.
On February 12, Joseph Duncan, a 30-year-old block maker of Tabatinga, Rupununi, Essequibo, allegedly fatally stabbed Cheddi Glasgow, during an altercation.
On February 18, the body of Justina Leonard, 47, of Shulinab Village, Central Rupununi was found on a roadway. A post mortem examination revealed that Leonard died of blunt trauma and a fractured skull. Her husband, Peter Juan was subsequently charged with his spouse’s murder.
On February 21, Lee Anton, 21, of Bon Fim, Brazil, and a sibling had left a drinking establishment and were walking along a trail at Takatu, Lethem, when a group of men attacked them.
The attackers reportedly threw stones at the siblings. The brother said that he managed to escape, while Anton was clubbed to death. His killers are still at large, and there are reports that they may have fled to Brazil.
Two Fridays ago, the mutilated body of 52-year-old Ganga Persaud Changa, of Santa Rosa Village, was found on the trail to his farm in the Moruca Sub-district, Region One (Barima/Waini).
According to reports, Changa was heading to his farm at Koko Island, when he was approached by a man who was armed with a cutlass. The man reportedly chopped Persaud about his body, severing the farmer’s left hand and feet.
The alleged killer, who reportedly still had the bloody cutlass, was apprehended the same day.

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