Police are investigating the murder of Oscar Sanchez, a 37-year-old Venezuelan national who resided at Lot 37 Eccles, East Bank Demerara.
The murder occurred at around 0430 hrs today in the vicinity of Blast Beer Garden, located at Grove, East Bank Demerara. The suspect is said to be a Venezuelan national (age and address unknown).
Enquiries disclosed, the police said, that Sanchez’s reputed wife, Avie Mario Leane Tores, is a Venezuelan national employed at the Blast Beer Garden at Lot 85 Grove Public Road, East Bank Demerara.
Tores told investigators that after she had finished working at around 0030 hrs, she and her husband began consuming alcohol in front of her workplace (Blast Beer Garden).
They were with some other friends (all Venezuelans) and were standing on the pavement in front of the bar.
At about 0400hrs, the suspect, who is known to both Sanchez and Tores, came up to her (Tores) and tried to steal her purse that she had in her left hand, which caused her husband (Sanchez) to intervene.
Sanchez and the suspect started to argue, and the suspect, who was armed with a knife, dealt Sanchez several stabs about his body.
Sanchez fell to the ground, where he remained motionless. The suspect fled on foot in a southern direction on the Grove Public Road.
