Although items found on a decapitated corpse have convinced the family of former MFK Trading owner Mohamed Khan that it is him, Crime Chief Leslie James says that this is not “legally acceptable” and the police will have to move to DNA testing.
James told Stabroek News yesterday that at this point what was found are confirmed to be human remains and it is now up to the police to investigate who the person is, how the person met their death and who is responsible.
A post-mortem examination conducted on the remains on Monday was inconclusive. Khan vanished without a trace on August 21. The corpse, which was missing the legs–one from the ankle down and the other from the knee down— was found on September 22 at Cumming Lodge. A head, which was in a plastic bag, was found a few feet from the body.
It was Khan’s wife, who lives in Venezuela, who positively identified a belt and pants found on the corpse as being