The suspect in the murder of 18-year-old Rivaldo Williams is expected to surrender to the police today for questioning, with his attorney, Bernard Da Silva.
Da Silva told Stabroek News that he was preparing to take his client to meet with investigators yesterday but they were not able to do so. As a result, he will be escorting his client to the police during the course of today.
Williams, called ‘Romeo’ and ‘Dutty,’ a mason of Lot 37 Friendship, East Bank Demerara, was fatally stabbed around 11.30 pm last Sunday after he and his family stopped to buy fish and chips along the Diamond Access Road, East Bank Demerara.
Williams sustained a stab wound and was pronounced dead on arrival at the Diamond Hospital.
The police in a press statement had said that investigations revealed that Williams left a wedding reception and was on his way home when he stopped to purchase fish and chips.
“Subsequently a group of men was seen fleeing the location,” the police added.
Camille Williams, the dead teen’s mother, had explained to this newspaper that she and Rivaldo were among a group of persons who attended a relative’s wedding in Diamond.
She said that they left the wedding in a minibus filled with relatives and on their way home they decided to stop to purchase food.
She said several persons, including Rivaldo, disembarked the bus in order to make the purchase.
She stated that when she rushed out of the bus, she noticed Rivaldo lying on the roadway.
