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Soesdyke man wanted for murder of gold miner
(Kaieteur News) – The Guyana Police Force has issued a wanted bulletin for 41-year-old Adrian Edwards Hartman also known as ‘Redman’ in connection with the murder of Rowell La Cruz, a gold miner who was beaten to death at a backdam in Region Eight earlier this month.
Police said that Hartman’s last known address is Lot 72 DR Charlie Housing Scheme, Soesdyke, East Bank Demerara. This publication reported that 32-year-old La Cruz also called “Kabaloo,” of Warapoka Village, North West District, Region One was beaten to death over the alleged theft of gold at a mining camp along the Siparuni River, Region Eight.
Wanted by the police: Adrian Edwards Hartman also known as ‘Redman’
During the incident which occurred on March 10, two other persons were injured. According to the police, La Cruz and another male worker, who were both employed at a dredging operation, were in the camp’s kitchen area when they were approached by three men who accused them of stealing gold from a sluice box.
The men were then ordered to go to a nearby watch camp where they met another male. “It is alleged that the suspects, armed with a handgun, cutlasses and a mattock handle, dealt the men several blows about their bodies, causing injuries, after which they left,” police said.
The injured men were later assisted by public-spirited citizens and taken towards the riverfront. However, La Cruz reportedly succumbed to his injuries while being transported and his body was subsequently placed at a nearby camp.
“Police ranks subsequently visited the scene where the body of the miner was found lying motionless with marks of violence about his body,” police said.
The body was escorted to the Linden Hospital Complex Mortuary where he was pronounced dead on arrival. Meanwhile, the two other injured men — a 36-year-old man of Beterverwagting, East Coast Demerara and Fair View Village, North Rupununi, and a 25-year-old miner of Paramakatoi Village, North Pakaraimas — were taken to separate medical facilities where they were treated and admitted.
An investigation was launched into the matter.
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