The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has directed the police to conduct further investigations into the murder of welder Timothy Fraser, whose body was found in the Mazaruni River last year.
Commander of ‘F’ Division, Ravindradat Budhram recently disclosed that an investigation was carried out and a file was compiled and sent to the DPP for advice. However, he said that the file was returned to the police for further investigations to be done.
Fraser, 44, of Savannah Park Housing Scheme, New Amsterdam, was discovered in the Mazaruni River on November 6, last year, just one day after he was reported missing.
An autopsy performed on his body had found blunt trauma was the cause of his death and that he had died two days before he was reported missing.
Two persons were initially arrested and released after questioning.
Fraser’s mother, Valarie Fraser, had told this newspaper that she received a call on the morning of November 6 from one of her son’s co-workers, who informed her that he was missing.
She had said that at first she was told that her son, fully dressed with his welding clothes, was waiting for a boat and had decided to go for a swim. She was told when the boat arrived, only Fraser’s clothes were seen on the ground. However, she said after phoning other persons in the area, she was then told that Fraser was sitting on a metal chair in a boat when he fell overboard with the chair.
However, relatives had said that they have learned that Fraser was allegedly beaten and then thrown into the river.
