Better Hope murder: Confessed duo implicate two additional suspects
Dead: David Ramkissoon
Dead: David Ramkissoon

 

POLICE are hunting for a Better Hope, East Coast Demerara (ECD) resident who is the third suspect in the murder of David Ramkissoon, 76, called “Short Man”, of the same village.The police have also said that they are looking for a fourth suspect whose name was mentioned in the robbery that resulted in that murder.

Two men who were arrested on Friday in Plaisance, ECD have confessed to being involved in the murder of Ramkissoon, whose body, at about 19:30hrs on August 21, was discovered in the living room of his home with the throat slit. The victim was the only person at home at the time of the murder.

The men in custody are in their 20s and reside on the ECD. Reports reveal that the men visited the victim’s home to carry out the robbery, and it resulted in the victim’s death. They reportedly told police that it was not their intention to commit this murderous act, but an accomplice slit the pensioner’s throat while they were ransacking the home in search of valuables.

The self-confessed bandits further explained that they had entered the pensioner’s home through the back door, which he had left opened; and they immediately started ransacking the house, until one of their accomplices stumbled onto Ramkissoon who was in his bedroom.

It was there that the 76-year-old man met his demise, after putting up resistance. Reports reveal that the pensioner had just returned home from visiting a nearby shop to purchase alcohol. After the encounter with Ramkissoon, the men escaped with jewellery and cash.

Sparendaam police had initially held Annand Ramkissoon, son of the deceased; his employer and another person in connection with the murder, but they were subsequently released.
Detectives who visited the scene on the day of the murder saw footprints in the mud at the back of the pensioner’s yard leading to an alleyway. Along with the footprints, they spotted drops of blood that led straight to a shack located a short distance from the slain man’s home.

Neighbours said that just after the pensioner’s son and his family had left to go to a creek on the Soesdyke/Linden Highway, the elderly Ramkissoon had gone to a nearby shop. He had reportedly failed to lock his door, and as per their confession, the killer sneaked inside.

 

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