FROM all appearances some criminal cases in Guyana seem to be unsolvable, especially the high-profile ones. It is the mistaken belief of many today that certain cases can only be solved if we have good forensic laboratories staffed by expert technologists. I disagree vehemently for the simple fact that many difficult cases were cracked right here in Guyana with the barest of technologies that has caused us to be the envy of other Caribbean nations. However, at the present moment I am not so sure if this can be said of the police and the judiciary. I make reference to the apparent murder mystery case involving Dr Doobay’s wife. I believe with good old sleuth-like detective work this case can be solved. We know that this is an upscale neighbourhood and as reported by the neighbours nothing unusual occurred that day when Mrs. Doobay was murdered; other verifiable evidence is there was no forced entry as well as millions of dollars were recovered from the crime scene which tells us that robbery was not the motive. Therefore one would have to turn to the post mortem report which would give some clue as to the cause and the approximate time of her death, a key component in arriving at a conclusion.
Further to it, when her husband returned to that house when the gruesome discovery was made what was the conversation like between himself and “that nephew” along the way home? Let that nephew testify in a court of law. Even when they arrived there why wasn’t he in possession of a key as man of the house as any normal person would? Why would he have to call out to his wife to gain entry? Or should I ask why not call her on your cell phone? In an age of technological advancement when everyone has a cell phone if I forgot my house keys I would first get on my cell phone and call the person inside of the house rather than reverting to break and enter? Strange indeed!

Some things do not make sense here and if they do not make sense then they are not true. Dr Doobay should be a prime person of interest and there is much more to it that he is not telling us and  as I said earlier with some good detective work we can get to the bottom of this. Phantoms (term loosely used in Guyana today) do not kill people, people do kill people and this is a classic case.
In Guyana today when so many women are dying from questionable reasons  a woman’s death, any woman, should not be treated as trivial. For us to rid ourselves of this scourge we must begin to demand firm answers to the deaths of our female folk, our sisters, aunts and mothers.