THE Guyana Police Force (GPF) is in the process of issuing a wanted bulletin for 19-year-old Shivnarine Roopnarine, aka Shiv, of Grove, East Bank Demerara, prime suspect in the brutal murder of 18-year-old Allisia McPherson of Lot 612 ‘C’ Field, Sophia, Georgetown, who was stabbed 41 times about the body at a party at ‘B’ Field, Sophia on Sunday last.

Mc Pherson had been a victim of abuse at the hands of Roopnarine, her construction worker boyfriend, who has gone into hiding following her murder.

Divisional Detective Hugh Jessemy told this publication that the GPF has received some information on Roopnarine’s whereabouts, and are in process of authenticating it in an effort to locate and detain him for questioning in regard to Mc Pherson’s murder.

A section of the print media had reported that the suspect had fled the scene in panic after the murder, and has denied having anything to do with that tragedy; but the police, questioning why he is running if he did not commit the crime, are optimistic of locating him soon.

The teen’s mother, Ms Denise McPherson, told this publication that she had once observed a bite mark on her daughter’s hand and had asked her about it, but she said she had injured her hand.

Ms Mc Pherson described Allisia as the kind of girl who kept her troubles to herself, even though she had questioned the teen several times whether she was being abused. She said Allisia had refused to talk about it.

The grieving woman added that Allisia and Shiv had been together for two years, during which he had been a regular visitor to her home. She said he had approached her and had told her of his interest in her daughter, and she had reasoned that, before they have to reach up on the road, she would give him permission to visit Allisia at home.

Mrs. McPherson said Shiv had been respectful, with a quiet demeanor, and her daughter had seemed happy with him; but deep down in her mind she knew all was not well, but whenever she brought up the subject, the girl would refuse to talk about it.

The mother of four told the Guyana Chronicle that, on Saturday afternoon, her daughter had announced that she was going to a party at Cappy’s Place, and she would reach her boyfriend at the location. She had left home in company of a male neighbour.

It is believed that that move angered the jealous Shiv, who met her at the gate of the venue; and upon seeing her with the young man with whom she had grown up, started to row with her. Persons at the party had observed him slapping her.

Allisia’s bloodied body was found at about 04:00 hours on Sunday morning aback the property where the party was held. Her body was found in the washroom area by a patron who had gone to use the toilet. That patron alerted others to the tragedy.

The mortally injured teen was placed in a taxi and taken to the GPHC, where she succumbed.

A post-mortem performed on Monday revealed that the teen’s body bore 41 stab wounds, and gave the cause of death as haemorrhage and shock due to multiple stab wounds and punctured lungs, relatives said.

Mrs. McPherson said that when she reached the hospital, after getting a telephone call alerting her that her daughter had been stabbed, she was unable to see her until after an hour, but her daughter was unresponsive and was covered in blood.

Allisia had met Shiv through a friend when she was not working. They began going out regularly, but Mrs Mc Pherson had noticed that Shiv was a jealous person who policed Allisia’s movements via cellphone on a daily basis.

Following the murder, Shiv was observed in a minibus heading to Mahdia. It was also reported that, after the stabbing incident, Shiv had told the disc jockey to stop the music because somebody ‘get stab up’. This had happened before he fled the scene.

The late Allisia McPherson will be laid to rest on Monday. (Michel Outridge)