A suspect was yesterday remanded to prison after he was charged with the murder of Keith Andrew Willis, a Bachelor’s Adventure man who was found murdered a short distance away from his home last December.
Tafari Softley, 21, was arraigned before Magistrate Fabayo Azore at the Vigilance Magistrate’s Court, where the charge was read to him.
It is alleged that between December 13th and 14th, 2020, at Bachelor’s Adventure Access Road, East Coast Demerara, he murdered Willis.
He was not required to plead to the indictable charge and the matter was adjourned until April 22nd, 2021.
Willis, 23, of Lot 374 Bachelor’s Adventure, East Coast Demerara, was discovered lying along the access road, about four houses away from his home with a stab wound to his neck.
Willis had left home to visit a friend and failed to return.
The Guyana Police Force (GPF), in a statement, had reported that Willis was murdered between 11 pm on December 13th and 6.10 am on December 14th at the Bachelor’s Adventure Access Road.
Investigators said Willis left home to attend a football competition, after which he visited his fiancée in Paradise Housing Scheme.
At about 5.30 am, however, the following day, a resident of Bachelor’s Adventure who was heading to work observed Willis’ body lying on the roadway and summoned the police.
The report added that on arrival at the scene, lawmen observed the victim lying motionless on the road and an examination uncovered what appeared to be a single stab wound to the left side of his neck.
Willis who was a mechanic by trade, began doing labourer work after the mechanic shop where he worked closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
