TWO men are in police custody following this week’s second brutal murder, in which the battered bodies of two boys were found in villages on the Corentyne Coast, Region Six. The horribly battered and disfigured body of 12-year-old Joshua Chunilall of Letter Kenny Village, Corentyne was discovered in a canal at John’s Village, Port Mourant, at about 13:30hrs on Thursday afternoon.
He had been reported to the police as missing on Thursday.
His body had marks of violence to the head, feet and hands.
Based on the injuries evident on the child’s body, this new murder seems linked to a ritualistic killing, because the child had been beaten, tortured and killed in the cruelest way. His eyes, ears and tongue were all damaged from the assault he had received.
The suspected killers were, up to press time, in police custody assisting with the investigations.
Police are reportedly awaiting a post-mortem report before instituting charges.
The men have, so far, confessed to the brutal killing of the boy, who was left unattended at his father’s farm at John’s Port Mourant to watch a herd of cattle on Tuesday morning. After he had failed to return home, his relatives launched a search for him.
Chunilall’s murder is the second such incident in which a boy was found dead after he had gone missing.
The first incident occurred when the body of 7-year-old Saheed Makanauth of No. 68 Village Squatting Area, Corentyne, who had been reported missing, was found on Wednesday, August 22, in an open field at No. 68 Village with a fractured skull, fractured chin and broken right hand.
Fazal “Mongoose” Mohammed, 21, a known drug addict and drunkard, has since been charged for the boy’s horrific murder.
He told sleuths that he had been possessed by demons, which caused him to lose his senses and, in a drunken rage, kill the child.
“Mongoose” made his first court appearance on Thursday at the Springlands Magistrate’s Court, where a large and angry crowd greeted him. He was remanded to prison until his next court date, which is September 13.