INVESTIGATORS are seeking the assistance of relevant agencies to trace telephone calls reportedly made to Kaieteur News allegedly by Jerome Joseph Franklin who is wanted for the murder of three persons.

Franklin on Thursday last allegedly hacked his reputed wife, her new lover, her mother, and his step daughter when he broke into their Tuschen home. His reputed wife survived the attack, while the other three persons died.
Speaking with the Guyana Chronicle late yesterday afternoon, a senior police source said that they have noted the report carried by another newspaper which quoted the fugitive extensively.
In addition, the man is reported to have also made contact with his son’s wife who informed him that his son was taken into custody by the police.
The police are working on the theory that the man might still be in the area, perhaps waiting for his reputed wife to be discharged from hospital.
Last week the Georgetown Public Hospital said the woman was in dire need of blood.
Yesterday Commander of ‘D’ Division, Ian Amsterdam confirmed that investigators were able to take a statement from the injured woman with respect to the incident which occurred last week at her home. He said that the there is no police guarding the woman since she is not a prisoner, but was quick to point out that if the woman expresses fear for her safety, then arrangements would be put in place.
On Thursday last, the suspect, Jerome Franklin, a cane-cutter, went berserk and engaged in a chopping spree which claimed the lives of three persons, including his nine-year-old stepdaughter.