While investigations continue into the discoveries of the bodies of two teenage girls on the West Coast and East Coast foreshores on separate occasions, there are no new leads.
Divisional Commander Marlon Chapman said that the two suspects who were in custody in relation to the discovery of the semi-nude body of Devkumarie Ramadhar which washed ashore at Windsor Forest, on the West Coast Demerara on April 11, were released on station bail after the 72 hours for which persons could be held had expired.
Ramadhar, who lived at 59 Bella Dam, West Bank Demerara, went missing one week before the discovery of her body and relatives had lodged a missing person’s report at the Vreed-en-Hoop Police Station.
After the badly decomposed body washed ashore, the unpleasant odour attracted passersby. The girl’s grandfather later identified the body.
Meanwhile, relatives of Alicia Ali whose nude body was discovered on the foreshore at Turkeyen, East Coast Demerara on March 25 said they are still awaiting answers into the murder of the girl.
Ali’s sister Ateesha said they had visited the police to enquire about the investigation but the police informed that they are just as curious for information as the relatives.
Three persons had been held—Maylene Williams, mother of the 14-year-old along with her (Williams’s) boyfriend and another friend—but were subsequently released.
Ali, a former Campbellville Secondary School student, went missing after she was sent on an errand to a nearby shop at about 7 pm on March 24.
Her mother then raised an alarm and was joined by friends who went in search of her. The teen’s nude body was found the next day by a passerby.
Police later found a suicide note allegedly written by the teen and addressed to her mother. Police officials had indicated that they had not ruled out suicide from the investigation although they were looking in the direction of a murder.
