POLICE in Regional Division One are investigating the alleged murder of Stanley Williams, an 81-year-old pensioner of Cabora Village, Moruca, North West District.

According to information from the Guyana Police Force (GPF), the victim and the suspect, a 25-year-old labourer of Moruca, are known to each other, as the suspect is the victim’s reputed nephew-in-law who would frequently “sleep over” at the victim’s house.

The pensioner’s reputed wife, 28-year-old Verita Torres, told police that around 23:00 hours on Tuesday, she and Williams were asleep, when they awoke to calls from the suspect who visited their home and requested to sleep on his “grandmother’s bed.”

Williams, however, reportedly told the suspect that he cannot sleep on the bed and the suspect got annoyed and left.

“However, shortly after, the victim went outside to urinate and subsequently started to scream, causing her (the reputed wife) to get out of bed, looked through the window and observed the suspect chopping the victim about his body, after which he made good his escape,” the police said.

The matter was reported to the Acquero Police Station, and ranks immediately went to the victim’s house, where they observed him lying on his right side, motionless and unresponsive. He was clad in a black underwear and a grey jersey.

The victim’s body was then examined by the crime scene rank and multiple wounds were observed on his person.

He was placed into a vehicle and escorted to the Kumaka District Hospital where he was pronounced dead on arrival by a doctor on duty. The body remains at the hospital’s mortuary, where a post-mortem examination will be conducted.

Acting on information received on Wednesday, officers visited the suspect’s home and informed him of the allegation.

He was then arrested and escorted to the Acquero Police station, where he was placed into custody. The suspected murder weapon has not yet been recovered, but investigations are ongoing.