THE police now have no solid leads in the murder of William Douglas, a miner who was found dead at Eteringbang, on the Guyana/Venezuela border last month.He is believed to have been killed sometime between July 16 -20, 2016.

Rabindradat Budhram, the police commander who oversees the area, said that the two persons who had been held for questioning have been released. The two men reportedly knew Douglas, known as Gary, as they were known for visiting the shop.

Budhram said that other persons were questioned but to no avail.

The commander told this newspaper that sleuths visited the area and found that the shop operated by Douglas had not been disturbed, and hence investigators don’t suspect robbery as a possible motive for the murder.

Budhram added that Douglas’s shop is miles away from the nearest camp manned by other miners, all of whom claimed they did not see nor hear anything.

A post-mortem revealed that Douglas, 55, died as a result of a single stab wound to the chest, Budhram said.

Douglas had left his Lot 10 Section ‘B’ Sophia, Turkeyen home seeking employment in the interior 11 years ago.

His mother, Waveny Douglas, told the Guyana Chronicle that after all those years, she would then see her son’s lifeless body on July 21, 2016.

Over time, Mrs Douglas said that her son would telephone her and she had last heard from him on July 16, 2016, but she had a problem with her cell phone and the call was disconnected.

The grieving woman added that she had tried to return the call, but she was unsuccessful and it was the last time she heard his voice.

Mrs Douglas would like to see justice for her son, whom she described as a dedicated individual who worked hard to set up his business.

Relatives including his sister, Marilyn “Shelly” Douglas, are clueless as to what may have led to his murder. The body bore multiple stab and chop wounds to the face, tongue, neck, face, and back.

They displayed photos of the body before the post-mortem was conducted and the body had visible, gaping wounds.

Douglas’s shop was frequented by miners in that area and he also had a speedboat business as well.

His mutilated body was transported from Eteringbang, Region Seven, by the police and placed at Crematorium Gardens, Le Repentir, following a post-mortem on July 22, 2016.

Douglas was last seen alive around 5am on July 19, 2016, when he returned to his camp.

Miners from a neighbouring camp reported that they had spotted Douglas on the morning of July 19, when he came to his camp to put on his generator and did not see any lights in the place although the generator was running.

They later made a check in the camp and found the body in a pool of blood. He had been brutally murdered and his body bore several chop/stab wounds and his tongue was severed.

Douglas was buried on July 27, 2016.