CRIME Chief Seelall Persaud disclosed yesterday that local police have received the results of a DNA sample that was sent to Barbados last year for testing to aid investigations into the murder of bank employee Sheema Mangar. He said that the finding came back negative for any match and, as such, they do not have a suspect.

The Deputy Commissioner (Law Enforcement) pointed out that, consequently, police cannot make a pronouncement as it relates to the homicide.
Following the killing of the former Demerara Bank staffer, on September 10, 2010 potential evidence had been dispatched overseas to be tested.
Mangar was at North Road and Camp Street, in Georgetown, waiting for transportation when her Blackberry cell phone was snatched from her.
The 21-year-old woman gave chase after the snatcher who entered a motor car that drove off and she placed herself in front of the vehicle, in an effort to stop it but was run over and dragged several feet before it sped away.
Public-spirited citizens rushed her to the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH), from where she was transferred to St. Joseph Mercy Hospital and died there the next day.
Initially, two suspects were held but released later.

Retrieved fabric
However, investigators took parts of the retrieved fabric she was wearing from under the getaway car for examination.
Mangar’s mother, Radica Thakoor said, yesterday, that she needs proof of whether, indeed, the second DNA sample sent for testing is in possession of the Guyana Police Force (GPF).
The woman added that no such information was related to her yet and also wants to know what the second specimen contained since she had given the police two of her daughter’s working uniforms from which they said portions were taken to be tested overseas.
She insisted that she wants closure because it has been more than three years and no one has yet been charged for the brutal murder of her loved one.
On May 23, 2013, the Ministry of Home Affairs, in a press release, promised to maintain a close interest in the matter, adding that it shares the sentiments of the grieving parents and relatives and wished to see the matter brought to a closure to the satisfaction of the Mangar family.
“The ministry is of the view that, by now, more progress should have been made in this matter and maintains that this crime would be, ultimately, solved by the Guyana Police Force as has been done with so many other serious crimes,” the ministry said.
The ministry said it reconfirmed that two submissions were made to the Barbados Forensic Laboratory, on November 5, 2010 and August 30, 2011, respectively.
A report on the first submission was received in August 2011 when a GPF representative travelled to Barbados to make a second submission.
According to the ministry, it was only recently revealed that the Barbados Forensic Laboratory recommenced operations in late 2011, having been closed for repairs from 2009. But it continued to accept submissions.
Written By Michel Outridge