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The Parika, East Bank Essequibo gas station owner, who was found dead in his home on Sunday, was strangled, a post-mortem examination has confirmed and two persons, including a close relative, remain in police custody as investigations continue.

Brandis Roberts

Brandis Roberts

68-year-old Brandis Roberts was found dead in his home with his hands tied behind his back and a pair of pants tied around his face, covering his mouth. However, jewellery that Roberts was wearing at the time, his cellular phone and keys were intact, relatives had said, while the day’s takings was missing.

Police said that a post-mortem examination performed on the body by pathologist Dr. Nehaul Singh gave the cause of death as asphyxia due to strangulation. A man and a woman are in custody assisting with investigations.

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  1. Arnold VENEZUELA says:

    At first clue of their guilt, they should be squeezed/pressured to bawl what they know..

    • LINDENBANNA UNITED STATES says:

      Ok “HITLER” lets follow due process….Let the professionals work,,,it’s hard enough without people calling for the use of torture to extract information….this is 2008 soon to be 2009, we use scientific means to solve crime, not torture, Hitler is dead.

  2. Arnold VENEZUELA says:

    Ok Lindenbanna! thanks for the name, todays news the Camp Street is overcrowded, well it’s better to release them.

  3. M. Xiu Quan-Balgobind-Hackett UNITED KINGDOM says:

    So what happen to your earlier comment on a related subject? : “I know, Turn him lose in Brickdam and tell everybody that he raped a WOMAN who could have been their mother or sister, or daughter… Punishment completed.”

  4. LINDENBANNA UNITED STATES says:

    Arnold,,,I’m sorry, but i had to get your attention, please accept my apologies…and as for Balgobind-Hackett I was serious as a judge when i said that, and I’m NOT taking it back,,,you abuse or beat or kill a woman,,,I would say it again.



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