A suspect was arrested on Monday evening and is assisting with investigations into the murder of Evelyn Alfonzo Alves who was found dead with a bullet in her head.
The body of Alves also known as Fabianna Bentancourt, a 23-year-old unemployed mother of three of East Street, Georgetown, was found on Sunday at Diamond, East Bank Demerara. The arrest of the suspect was confirmed by Crime Chief Wendell Blanhum yesterday
Alves, who is a Venezuelan of Guyanese parentage, was last seen on Saturday evening by her mother, Juliet Alves, and it was hours later that the horrific discovery of her body bearing the gunshot wound was made.