As the probe into the murder of Keith Hohenkirk, the amputee who was found bound and gagged in his home on Sunday continues, investigators have detained a mother and her teenaged daughter and are on the hunt for three men.
Stabroek News was reliably informed that the 38-year-old woman and her 17-year-old daughter live in the vicinity of Hohenkirk’s home.
The teenager has reportedly provided investigators with a statement admitting her role in planning and participating in the robbery of Hohenkirk with three men.
The teenager gave the statement in the presence of her mother.
Information reaching Stabroek News revealed that checks made in the area for the trio proved futile. It is suspected that they might have fled the area.
The lifeless body of Hohenkirk was discovered on Sunday morning at his Tuschen Housing Scheme, East Bank Essequibo home.
It is suspected that the 59-year-old shop keeper was attacked sometime between 6.40 pm on Saturday and 6.39 am on Sunday.
An autopsy yesterday revealed that Hohenkirk died as a result of haemorrhaging in the brain due to blunt trauma to the head along with compression injuries to the neck.
In a report, police had said a neighbour went to check on Hohenkirk and as she opened the front door which was not locked, she observed the entire hall and kitchen area ransacked.
Further checks in the bedroom revealed the victim lying motionless on his back with his hands bound with transparent scotch tape and his mouth tied with a piece of brown cloth.
The police were summoned and his body was checked for marks of violence but none was seen.
Hohenkirk’s stepdaughter, Simone, had told this newspaper that his death is a mystery to her.
“I am still shocked because the neighbours run and come to me this morning when they find him. I was still in bed and when they come I thought he tek in because he is a diabetic. But it was not that, it was to tell me he dead. When I go to the home I saw him lying on the bed,” Simone, who lives a street away explained.
She said that in March, her mother had separated from Hohenkirk and he has been living alone since.
