A suspect has confessed to murdering Rose Hall grocer Lomenzo Johnny and has implicated four other persons, three of whom have already been arrested, while police are on the hunt for the other.
Commander of Region Six Calvin Brutus said four persons as of yesterday were in police custody in connection with Johnny’s murder. He then confirmed that the police had received a confession from one suspect, which implicated the three other suspects in custody, and the fifth person who is being sought.
A source told this newspaper that the police arrived at the scene of the crime to rob Johnny, also known as ‘Sham’, 49, of Lot 11 East Side Line Dam, Rose Hall, Corentyne, but resorted to murdering him after he recognised two of his attackers.
Based on the confession, investigators have recovered a damaged safe that was stolen from Johnny’s home and an amount of cash that is also believed to have been stolen from him.
Brutus said if the fifth suspect was not arrested before the end of yesterday then a wanted bulletin would be issued for him.
Johnny was found about 300 meters away from his home around 7 am on February 27. He appeared to have been beaten and his feet were tied together.
Johnny was discovered on the morning of February, 27, with his feet tied together with a shoe lace, while what appeared to be strangulation marks were observed on his neck. There was a puncture wound above his left eye and his entire face was covered in blood.
A post-mortem examination gave the cause of Johnny’s death as multiple injuries.
Johnny’s home, where he also operated his grocery store, was ransacked with no forced entry observed.
