Police are investigating the suspected murder of a Venezuelan hot dog vendor whose body was discovered yesterday morning in an alleyway behind SleepIn Hotel on Church Street.
The deceased has been identified as thirty-two-year-old Ilan Antonio Singh of Lot 5 North Road, Bourda.
According to a police report, a SleepIn Hotel maintenance worker discovered the man’s body in the alleyway around 6am yesterday while on duty. The report stated that the alleyway is used by the hotel for packing garbage.
Enquiries by the police revealed that according to a female associate of the deceased, about thirty minutes after midnight, Singh told her he was going to a party at the Rio Nightclub located at Forshaw Street, Queenstown.
His body which was found some hours later appeared to show wounds on his head along with bruises on his knees, right hand and his left shoulder.
Singh’s body was taken to the Georgetown Public Hospital where he was pronounced dead. The body was then taken to Sandy’s Funeral Home for an autopsy.
Investigations are underway.
