AFTER almost more than a year on the run, Stafrei Hopkinson Alexander was recaptured and appeared before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan on Friday charged with several counts of murder and also with escaping from police custody. Alexander, 33, of Laing Avenue, West Ruimveldt, told the court that he sells marijuana for a living and was not required to plead to any of the charges. The first charge alleged that on April 4, 2015, at One Mile Block 22, Wismar, Linden, he murdered Shevon Gordon during the course of a robbery.
The second charge alleged that on December 9, 2015 at West Watooka, Wismar, Linden, he murdered Robin Maxwell Thomas. The final murder charge alleged that between February 9 and February 12, 2015, at Cholmondeley Hill, Wismar, he murdered Richard Remington, 43, of Christianburg, Wismar, Linden.
He was also charged with escaping from the McKenzie Police Station between December 7-8, 2015 at Linden, while being in lawful custody for murder and several counts of robbery. Alexander and Thomas were charged jointly for Gordon’s murder. But in December, 2015, Hopkinson and Thomas escaped from the Mackenzie Police Station. They were to have attended court the following day.
Thomas’s decomposing body was found in the Demerara River, in the vicinity of West Watooka, some weeks later. Thomas is believed to have provided investigators with information about the murder.
In April 2015, Gordon, was shot by two bandits who had accosted her after she stepped out of her truck. She was also relieved of a bag containing money and her son was also wounded.
The murdered Remington is also alleged to have been the victim of Alexander’s murderous rampage in Linden during 2015. Remington’s decomposed body was found in a clump of bushes along a track in the vicinity of Matthews Lane in the Christianburg/Cholmondeley Hill area. He had been shot three times, including once to the head.