Following the April 12, 2013 murder of 89-year-old Millicent Cummings at Cove and John, East Coast Demerara, a DNA sample was taken to aid in the probe, and was supposed to be sent to Brazil for analysis since January this year, but nothing further has since happened.

A few days after the octogenarian was killed, nine male suspects, some of whom were drug addicts (junkies), were held and later released, but DNA samples were taken from three of them, all from the Cove and John community.
The bloodied and semi-nude body of the bludgeoned Cummings was found on April 12, 2013 under a house at Cove and John. A post mortem performed on her corpse by pathologist Dr. Nehaul Singh gave the cause of death as severe blunt trauma to the face, and the report indicated that the woman was also sexually assaulted.

DOMINO FANATIC
There has similarly yet been no arrest in the cold-blooded late night murder of domino fanatic Orin Joseph at his home/business place at Lot 1222 Gaulding Place, South Ruimveldt Park, on April 14, 2013.
Police have said there is nothing further on that investigation as well. A suspect who had been in custody was released, and police have since said they are looking for another person to question.

Joseph, 52, was the President of Blue Bird Domino Club. He gunned down in a volley of bullets at about 23:40 hrs, just after a domino competition had ended in front of his home during an electricity outage. One of the shots hit him in his abdomen, but there were no eyewitnesses to the crime. Moreover, the jewels he was wearing at the time were taken by two men on a motorcycle.

Joseph had briefly exited his yard and was about to park his car under his house when he was attacked by the men, who escaped under cover of darkness.

Persaud said the victim’s wife, Faye Joseph, had heard explosions, and when she went to enquire the cause, she saw her husband lying on the road mortally wounded.
He revealed that Joseph had been relieved of a gold chain and a gold band, but no motive for the murder/robbery had been determined. The well-known businessman was taken to the GPHC, where he succumbed while receiving medical treatment.

(By Michel Outridge )