The man accused of stabbing his brother-in-law to death on Tuesday morning, was arrested yesterday in Stanleytown, New Amsterdam.
The suspect, Herman Barclay, was found hiding in a house around 8 am, at Number 44 Stanleytown, New Amsterdam, a police source told Stabroek News.
According to the source, the New Amsterdam Police patrol, acting on information received, at around 8 am, swooped down on the house, where the suspect was reportedly hiding out. He has since been placed under arrest for questioning, as the investigation continues.
However, the police source noted that investigators are still on the hunt for the second suspect. According to the source, he is said to be hiding out in Angoy’s Avenue, New Amsterdam.
The main suspect reportedly stabbed his brother-in-law, Nkomo La Rose, 33, of Number 54 Stanleytown, New Amsterdam, on Tuesday morning.
Residents in the area had explained that minutes before 5 am on Tuesday, they saw La Rose fighting with the suspect and another person.
“I hear Komo hollering out, ‘lef me, lef me’ and two boys stand up over he and when them neighbours run, them run get away,” a resident stated.
La Rose, during his bid to escape, collapsed a short distance away next to a drain and an empty lot.
According to information gathered, the now deceased man, his wife, and the suspect, had been involved in a heated argument on Monday evening. The two males, in the company of the woman, were imbibing that same night, this newspaper was told.
A relative had said, “Komo and he wife telling he (main suspect) about the girl he deh with and he does follow she home, that is not a good girl. The two (men) had some confrontation about that girl and she (wife) heard them and she talk to them and them ain’t stop. So she get up and throw away the rum and then she call the police and the police come and talk with them and then when the police left them still continue to argue and she pick up she self and come here and sleep”.
According to the relative, the wife arrived at their house, which is located a short distance from Number 41 Stanleytown, around 12 midnight on Monday. “She husband come here and talk to she and then he left to go home,” they related.
However, around 5 am Tuesday, the suspect arrived at the relative’s house requesting to meet his sister. “He jump the gate and come in here and ask for he sister, that he come to done she off. So probably he already stab the man so he mussy come for kill she now and mommy chase he out the yard”, the relative recalled.
