CRIME Chief Leslie James yesterday told this publication that after the release of two persons initially held for questioning into the Crum- Ewing murder, there have been no further arrests.The men are required to report to the police on a weekly basis and the vehicle which was impounded as part of the investigation remains in the custody of the police.

Yesterday, police sources confirmed to this newspaper that the two suspects who were sent on bail had their hands swabbed for gunpowder residue; but thus far those findings have not yet been returned from the analyst department of the force.
Crum- Ewing was laid to rest on Wednesday following a very large funeral with thousands turning out to either pay their final respects or to get a glimpse of the man who had staged a one- man protest in front of a government office.
President Donald Ramotar has instructed the Guyana Police Force to get to the bottom of the shooting death of the father of three and to ensure that the killers,as well as the “intellectual authors” are brought to justice.
Last week the police reviewed footage from surveillance cameras and were able to retrieve a vehicle number plate.
However according to information reaching the Guyana Chronicle , the registration plate which the police received was not in keeping the type of vehicle which eyewitnesses reportedly told investigators that they saw driving away from the scene on the night of the shooting.
In addition, the colour of the vehicle differed, this is although the police were able to trace the number plate given to a Berbice address and which showed that the vehicle was reportedly owned by two persons.
Other information regarding the number plate also sought to offer conflicting reports, that was, that the vehicle which the police are seeking was not owned by two persons and the address given to the police for the vehicle was not the same address that the vehicle was originally registered to, even though both addresses are from the Berbice area.(Leroy Smith)