Approximately six weeks after investigators were able to identify a suspect in the murder of Cuban butcher, Ofredis Duarte Campos, he has been apprehended by police.
This was confirmed last night by Commander of Region 4(A) Senior Superintendent Phillip Azore.
Azore told Stabroek News that the suspect was apprehended two days ago and during interrogation confessed to playing a part in the murder. He however told investigators that he was not the one who pulled the trigger and implicated another man, who he said had been murdered some time ago.
The suspect has been charged and is expected to appear in court on Tuesday.
The Senior Superintendent said they are currently trying to establish if the man who is implicated has indeed died and the suspect’s story checks out.
Campos, of 321 East Street, Georgetown, was on his way to work at the Rossignol Butchery on Church Street on Thursday, February 20, at around 6.44am when he was shot thrice about his body. He was pronounced dead on arrival at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH).
The police had said that Campos was confronted by two men after he left his home around 6.30 am.
“…Whilst on the western parapet proceeding south on Cummings Street between Middle and Quamina Streets, he was confronted by [two] suspects on a red and white XR motorcycle which came from the opposite direction. During the confrontation the pillion rider discharged three rounds…. after which they fled the scene,” a police release stated.
Anisley Diaz Hernandez, the dead man’s wife, had told Stabroek News that he worked at the Rossignol Butchery in Suriname for four years before they moved here two years ago and he began working at the company’s branch on Church Street.
His uncle had said that at the time of his death Campos was carrying a haversack in which he had a work t-shirt and a support belt he wore at work to prevent back injuries. He also had his phone in his pocket. Nothing was stolen from him.
Meanwhile, residents had told Stabroek News that they believed the men who killed Campos intended to rob him. They had said that that when confronted by the men, Campos refused to give up his bag which led to him being shot.
