CRIME Chief, Leslie James yesterday said the police are looking at the logistics before the body samples suspected to be from MFK Trading owner, Mohamed Khan are sent to Trinidad for DNA testing.
James reiterated that the same officer who would be accompanying the samples would also be returning with samples which are suspected to be from Secondary School teacher, Nyozi Goodman who went missing.
Weeks after the teacher went missing the badly decomposed remains of a female were discovered in an empty lot at Turkeyen on the lower East Coast of Demerara and it was concluded by students and relatives of the teacher that the remains were hers.
The Crime Chief yesterday said that the same officer dealing with the samples suspected to be from the MFK owner is the one who took the samples suspected to be from Goodman to Trinidad a few months back. He said part of the logistics include the readiness of the officer to travel to Trinidad to accompany the suspected MFK boss samples and receive those suspected to be from the school teacher.
The Guyana Police Force has taken a position to send the samples to Trinidad after samples which were sent to Jamaica after bank employee Sheema Mangar was killed on September 11, 2010 have not yet been returned with any results.
The issue with the samples of the bank employee was so glaring that even President Donald Ramotar and Home Affairs Minister, Clement Rohee in the past expressed their frustration with the development.
Usually Guyana would look to Brazil, Jamaica and Trinidad to have samples tested but have found that working with Jamaica has proved to be an embarrassment, hence the decision to have the samples of the two decomposed remains sent to Trinidad this time.
This newspaper was told by the Crime Chief three weeks ago that the samples suspected to be that of the teacher are ready to be picked up as tests were successfully completed.
(Leroy Smith)