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Persaud’s elder son, Afridi Bacchus, was buried according to Muslim rites on Tuesday at Cummings Lodge, East Coast Demerara.
Meanwhile, less than one week after they commenced investigating the gruesome murder, police at Leonora have released both men they had taken into custody.
They were released on Wednesday, relatives of the dead trio have said.
The prime suspect was held last Saturday, soon after the bodies had been discovered in Persaud’s bed with their throats slit; while the second man was taken into custody on Monday. He also lives at Anna Catherina.
This dramatic twist, coming even before the bodies of the three victims have been disposed, has distressed and disturbed relatives of the bereaved, particularly considering new leads gradually surfacing.
Relatives claim that apart from blood found in the bathroom of the house where the murders occurred, the woman’s body bore about seven stab wounds and other marks of violence, apart from her throat having being slit. Additionally, this newspaper has learnt that a pair of blood-stained trousers had been found at the home of the second man to be taken into custody.
Meanwhile, the prime suspect is now happily reunited with his parents, who have since arrived in Guyana from the United States of America.
Autopsies were performed on two victims of that savage killing, but due to some glitch, the younger child’s body could not have been released to his relatives on Monday, resulting in disposal of that body being delayed pending resolution of the problem.
Plans for their cremation have now been finalized, but it is not known what part the prime suspect and his family will play in disposal of the body of his 17-month-old son, if any.
In our article carried on Thursday announcing the burial of the first son, our headline erroneously mentioned that “… Six-year- old Alfridi Persaud” was laid to rest. That headline should have read “… Six- year-old Afridi Bacchus was laid to rest”, and not ‘Alfridi Persaud.’ This newspaper regrets the error.
