Investigations are continuing into the chopping to death of a 23 year-old-man on Boxing Day and while the police have released all the persons held for questioning, they have told the man’s family to “give us a month” to complete investigations.

The body of Ramkissoon Persaud, a farmer and part-time mason, was fished from a canal at Naamryck, Parika Backdam on December 28 and a post-mortem examination revealed that he had died of chop wounds he sustained to the back of his head.

He was last seen alive on Boxing Day when he was having a few drinks at a friend’s home not far from his own. Later in the night he left and was never seen again. After searching for him for a number of hours the following day the search was called off and when the search resumed the next day, the search party stumbled upon his body in the canal.

The police had initially held six persons for questioning, including his reputed wife with whom he reportedly had a rocky relationship, but have since released them.