LEAD Detective Hugh Jessemy of ‘C’ Division yesterday told this publication that even though a wanted bulletin has been issued for 19-year-old Shivanand Roopnarine, called “Shiv” or “Tuck”, for questioning into the murder of Allisia Mc Pherson which occurred on April 19, 2015 at ‘B’ Field, Sophia, they are yet to make headway in the case.He is optimistic, however, that it is only a matter of time before he is recognised wherever he is and he will be apprehended by the police or even public-spirited citizens.

Jessemy is of the view that the teen may have fled to the interior to escape the police, but stated that the arm of the law is very long.

It is alleged that Roopnarine stabbed 18-year-old Allisia McPherson, of Lot 612 ‘C’ Field, Sophia, Georgetown, 41 times about the body at a party at ‘B’ Field, Sophia, during a lovers’ quarrel.

Mc Pherson had been a victim of abuse at the hands of Roopnarine, her construction worker boyfriend. A section of the print media had reported that the suspect fled the scene in panic after the murder, and has denied having anything to do with it; 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 as to 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 told her of his interest in her daughter, and she had reasoned that before they have to meet on the road, she would give him permission to visit Allisia at home.
Mrs. McPherson said “Shiv” had been respectful, with a quiet demeanour, and her daughter seemed happy with him; but deep down in her mind she knew all was not well, but whenever she brought up the subject Allisia 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 is what had 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 quarrel with her. Persons at the party had observed him slapping her.
Allisia’s bloodied body was found around 04:00hrs 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 Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC), where she succumbed.
A post-mortem had 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 unemployed. 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, Roopnarine was observed in a minibus heading to Mahdia. It was also reported that after the incident, he had told the disc jockey to stop the music because somebody “get stab up.” This had happened before he fled the scene.