AFTER almost three years on the run, Shaquawn Alleyne, called “Iswe,” was, on Tuesday, remanded to prison for the brutal murder of his girlfriend, Shonette Dover, whose decomposed body was found in a shallow grave with a gunshot wound to her head.

Alleyne, who was captured by Surinamese police last week, appeared via Zoom before Magistrate Wanda Fortune at the Linden Magistrate’s Court.

The 24-year-old man was not required to plead to the capital offence, which alleged that, between April 3, 2021, and April 30, 2021, he murdered Dover.

Alleyne was unrepresented and told the court that he lives with his father at Wismar, Linden, and that he has a four-month-old child. He also told the court that he is currently employed as a barber.

The prosecutor told the court that Alleyne was no stranger to the law since he was charged with inflicting grievous bodily harm.

According to the court prosecutor, in that case, the victim opted to take compensation from Alleyne instead of taking the matter to court.

In 2018, the accused was also charged with having 16 grams of amphetamine in his possession. However, the case was later dismissed.

Alleyne was remanded to prison until February 27, 2024.

Dover, who was reported missing on April 3, 2021, was found dead in a shallow grave behind the Canvas City, Wismar house of her purported boyfriend, Alleyne. Dover’s 15-year-old sister was charged with an accessory after the fact of murder.

She had allegedly admitted to police that she assisted Alleyne to bury her sister’s body. She allegedly said that the boyfriend shot her sister as he cleaned a gun.

The teen also allegedly told investigators that, after the shooting, she accompanied the boyfriend to his father’s home.

They later returned to the boyfriend’s residence and proceeded to bury the woman’s body.

Alleyne, when interviewed by local investigators after he was turned over by Surinamese authorities, confessed that he killed Dover. He also implicated the sister of Dover in that she assisted in the disposal of her body in a shallow grave.

“While cleaning the gun, I pulled back the hammer, and I did spray double WD-40. Shonette was sitting in a chair, and I was in front of her on another chair handle when I pointed the gun and waved it. Shonette told me to stop playing and my finger touched the trigger, and the gun went off, and I see smoke in the living room and Shonette lying motionless with a wound in her forehead and blood coming out,” Alleyne reportedly told the police in his confession.

He allegedly told the investigator that he became afraid because he did not want his girlfriend’s family to know that she was dead. So, he instead told them she had left for work and had not returned.

Alleyne also confessed to selling the murder weapon to Shakeel Austin in Linden before fleeing to Suriname. Authorities have since apprehended Austin, and investigations into the case continue.