The three suspects who were held in connection with the murder of East La Penitence resident Richard Fresco have been released from police custody, Regional Commander Edgar Thomas yesterday confirmed.
Thomas told Stabroek News that the suspects were on Monday released on station bail after their maximum 72-hours detention period expired.
On Friday, Thomas had told this newspaper that investigators believed that the suspects: two females and a male could provide them with an “insight” about what transpired. They were deemed “persons of interest” in the matter.
The investigation is ongoing.
Fresco called ‘Foots’ of Lot 23, East La Penitence, Georgetown was stabbed to death early Monday morning during an argument at Cross Street, Werk-en-Rust, George-town.
The police in a press statement had said that enquiries revealed that Fresco and an unidentified man were heard having a heated argument over money which was followed by loud ‘banging’ on a nearby zinc fence.
Fresco was reportedly found lying next to the said fence, the police added.
He was removed by a public-spirited person who noticed what appeared to be a stab wound to his chest.
Residents in the area remain tightlipped about the incident.
