The police are seeking the assistance of the public to find an Angoy’s Avenue, Berbice resident, who is wanted in connection with the murder of Carl McDonald, who was chopped to death a short distance away from his home on Boxing Day last year.
In a wanted bulletin issued yesterday afternoon, the Guyana Police Force said Samuel Chase, 22, whose last known address is Mai-Mai Dam, Angoy’s Avenue, New Amsterdam, Berbice, is wanted.
Stabroek News had reported that McDonald, also known as ‘Carly’ and ‘Danno,’ 25, of Patrick Dam, Angoy’s Avenue, was brutally chopped while at a barbecue on December 26th, 2018.
A post-mortem examination later revealed that he died as a result of the single chop he suffered to his chest.
Laurain McDonald, the dead man’s mother, had explained to this newspaper that her son left home around 6.30 pm on Boxing Day to attend the barbecue, which was being held several houses away.
About 30 minutes after, she said her nephew ran home to inform the family that, “Carly get chop and he fall overboard.”
The woman had recalled that on Christmas Day, one of the deceased’s cousins and Chase were involved in a heated argument over a woman and it became physical.
She said at no point Mc Donald have any issue with the suspect.
Meanwhile, a cousin of the deceased, Troy Caesar, 20, who had witnessed the murder, stated that on Boxing Day he was heading to the barbecue when he saw McDonald heading towards him.
“We hear them man get lil vibes so me and he (Mc Donald) stand in the corner then I see the man fire a chop at me and I run back. I see Carly stand up in the corner and the man run to Carly and chop he and Carly throw a bottle but the man duck and we run back to go. Then the man throw Carly overboard,” Caesar recalled.
He said he immediately plunged into the trench in an effort to rescue McDonald, who was later pronounced dead on arrival at the hospital where he was rushed for treatment.
Anyone with information that may lead to the arrest of Chase is asked to contact the police on telephone numbers 226-6978, 225-8196, 226-2870, 226-7065, 227-1149, 226-7065, 911, 333-2151-3, 333-5564, 694-1664, 648-2323, 671-9672, 333-3476, 333-2485, 603-8587 or the nearest police station.
All information will be treated with the strictest confidence, police said.
