A 34-YEAR-OLD man was on Thursday charged with the murder of Shawnette Savory who has been missing since August 2016.

It is alleged that on August 30, 2017 at Soesdyke, East Bank Demerara, Devindra Ramdiah known as ‘Duck Man’ murdered Savory.

The man who resides at Prospect was not required to plead to the charge. The police prosecutor told the court that the file was still incomplete. Ramdiah was remanded by Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan and the matter was adjourned to May 24, 2018.
In 2017, police had reopened the case after new information surfaced that Savory was killed by Ramdiah, her ex-lover. On August 29, 2016, Savory went missing from her Last Street, Prospect residence.

She was the mother of a 20-year-old who resides in the U.S. Earlier this week this newspaper reported that police investigators have been frequenting the former residence of Savory at Lot 222 Last Street Prospect, East Bank Demerara in recent days.
Last Wednesday and Friday, investigators visited that residence as they searched for clues and on Monday ranks, in the company of Ramdiah, visited his Lot 186 Fourth Street Prospect, EDB residence. During that visit, at least six holes where dug, reportedly in search of the mother of one.

On Tuesday, ranks revisited the residence of Savory’s former boyfriend. The boyfriend lives with his mother and sister. However, the two relocated after police visited the premises.
When Guyana Chronicle visited the former boyfriend’s residence, it was clear that no one was at home in the building which seemed to be newly constructed or rehabilitated. In the yard, six deep holes were visible, three at the back of the house, two on one side and another on the opposite site.