The police are currently pursuing two suspects in connection with the murder of Nelson Thomas, the miner who was stabbed to death during a robbery last week in Kaneville, East Bank Demerara (EBD).
Contacted for an update on the investigation yesterday, Crime Chief Wendell Blanhum told Stabroek News that while no arrest has yet been made, the police are actively pursuing two suspects.
Blanhum said one of the suspects is a juvenile while the other is a known character who goes by the alias ‘Ratty’.
Thomas called ‘Nelo’ was stabbed and robbed of a gold chain on Thursday night.
The attack took place around 9.30pm during which he sustained a single stab wound to his chest.
Thomas resided at Fourth Field, Kaneville with his wife and mother but worked in the interior. He returned home last Thursday to register the birth of his newborn child.
According to a police report, Thomas returned home around 12.30 pm last Thursday. Around 7 pm, he informed his mother that he was going to visit an uncle in the area.
A resident of the area told the police that around 9.30 pm, he was aroused by the voice of someone calling out for him. Upon checking, he said he saw Thomas lying motionless in his yard with what appeared to be blood about his body.
The police were immediately alerted. Thomas was taken to the Diamond Hospital, where he was pronounced dead on arrival.
A resident, who wished not to be named previously told Stabroek News that she was asleep when she heard someone shouting for her husband.
“I don’t know if was he [Thomas] or it was who because we were sleeping and then we hear somebody call. So then we run out. When we run out now then is when we see him lying there,” the woman said as she pointed to the spot where Thomas’ body was discovered in the yard.
She said it appeared as through Thomas was attacked and stabbed on the road and he ran into her yard for help.
