As police continue to probe the murder of 76-year-old David Ramkissoon, his son and the two other persons who were initially held have been released.
Acting Crime Chief Hugh Jessemy told Stabroek News that another individual was arrested over the weekend and is currently being grilled by investigators.
The body of Ramkissoon, called ‘Dillip’ and ‘Shortman,’ was discovered in the bottom flat of his Lot 61 Better Hope South, East Coast Demerara house, around 11pm on August 21 by his son, Anand Ramkissoon.
His house was ransacked and his throat was slashed. The police had suspected that he was a victim of robbery since an undisclosed amount of cash was missing.
Anand and two other persons were held shortly after the discovery. They were released on station bail over the weekend since there was not enough evidence linking them to the crime.
David was last seen alive around 1.30 pm on August 21 by residents of the community. It is suspected that the elderly man knew his attacker/s since neighbours heard no suspicious sounds.
The dead man’s daughter-in-law, Nalini, had related to this newspaper that she left him relaxing in the hammock with the house tightly secured. According to her, hours later, she tried calling the landline about two times but the calls when unanswered. “I try calling he to make sure he hot up the food and eat but I didn’t get he. The phone ring out… I didn’t study because I say that he mus’e gone and lime at the road end as usual,” she had said.
When they returned home, the house was completely dark, which they found to be quite unusual. Nalini said her husband, Anand, went to go check on his father when he saw the house ransacked and his father dead.
There was a hole in the back fence, which the family suspects the bandit/s used to gain entry to the property.
