Police still awaiting DNA testing results from Barbados
CRIME Chief Seelall Persaud, yesterday, said that local police are still awaiting the results of a DNA sample, sent to Barbados for testing last year to aid investigations into the murder of bank employee Sheema Mangar. He said, because they have not yet been in receipt of the outcome, the probe has reached a snag but that does not mean it is closed.
The Deputy Commissioner (Law Enforcement) pointed out that, as such, police cannot make a pronouncement as it relates to the homicide.
Following the killing of the former Demerara Bank staffer, on September 10, 2010, potential evidence was dispatched overseas to be tested.
Mangar was at North Road and Camp Street, in Georgetown, waiting for transportation when her Blackberry cell phone was snatched from her.
The 21-year-old gave chase after the robber who entered a motor car that drove off, placed herself in front of it, in an effort to stop the thief, but was run over and the vehicle dragged her several feet before it sped away.
Public-spirited citizens rushed her to the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH), from where she was transferred to St. Joseph Mercy Hospital and died there the next day.
Initially, two suspects were arrested but later released. However, investigators took parts of the retrieved fabric she was wearing from under the getaway car for examination.