Two wanted for murder of Kaneville resident

Police are searching for two suspects in the murder of a 50-year-old man who was found dead Saturday afternoon in a clump of bushes in an unoccupied yard at Nazarene Street, Grove, East Bank Demerara (EBD).

Dead is Mark Burkette of 424 Third Street, Kaneville, EBD. Reports indicate that the body was discovered clad in a brown checkered underpants and bore chop wounds to the right and middle fingers.

There were also abrasions to his chest, right thigh, upper back and two chop wounds to the back of his head. According to reports, the deceased was a drug addict who usually did odd jobs for persons.

One resident in the area said “a man called Gully Bobb and his brother called Killer, both of Nazarene Street, EBD, accused Burkette of stealing a cellular phone and they would have beaten him tremendously and that caused his death.”

The body was taken to the East Bank Regional Hospital and was later transferred to the Lyken Funeral Parlour awaiting an autopsy. When contacted, police said an investigation is being done and two suspects are being sought.

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