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Dec 18, 2018 News

The murder of a 23-year-old father on Monday morning, has rocked Capoey village, an Amerindian community on the Essequibo Coast that is generally known for its peacefulness.

Dead: Sherwin Melville

The dead man has been identified as Sherwin Melville of Capoey Lake top, Essequibo Coast. Based on reports reaching this publication, Melville was murdered sometime around 02:00 hrs on Monday.
Information indicates that the night prior to his death, Melville was drinking with an unidentified man at his Capoey village home. Melville reportedly shared his one flat wooden and tarpaulin home, with his 20-year-old wife and their two-month old baby.

The dead man’s home where the incident occurred

Hours before his demise, the man reportedly had an argument with his wife, who later left for her mother’s home; leaving Melville home alone. Kaieteur News understands that the man’s wife, Joya Henry discovered her husband’s dead body the following morning, with his throat reportedly slit.
Family members are of the view that the drinking with the strange man led to an argument with his wife.
Mother-in-law of the now dead man, Maria Fredricks, explained, “This strange person was at the back house drinking. Later on, he fall in and start drinking with me son-in-law but me daughter tell me that she told my son-in-law to lock up and go in so that the strange man could go away.
He cuss she up and so come, she move to me with the baby. The next morning my daughter went back to see him about 5 in the morning and she see he lay down cross way in front the door.”
The family claims that Melville was strangled before his throat was slit. The unidentified individual, who is the family’s prime suspect, was reportedly seen leaving the village sometime around 04:00 hrs on the morning that the murder was committed.

Family of the Melville with his two-month-old baby

This individual was described by family members as being tall, slim and of mixed race. Further investigation revealed that the suspect is a 19-year-old labourer, from Swan, Soesdyke-Linden Highway.
Police indicated that investigations are presently ongoing, and efforts are being made to locate the suspect.

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