Several persons are being questioned as police continue their investigations into the brutal slaying of taxi-driver Rolston Henry and a gold and silver ring as well as an amplifier from the car he was driving have been recovered from an Albouystown home.
An Albouystown youth is among those in custody.
Meantime, the reputed wife of Henry, Carmelita Collins told this newspaper that she was contacted by the police yesterday to go to the Sparendaam police station to identify some items. She said that she positively identified the ring but a pair of trousers that was recovered did not belong to her husband. This newspaper was told that the amplifier that was in the car was also recovered and the owner positively identified it. A covering for the car seat’s headrest was also recovered.
Henry was found with his throat slashed at Onion Field, La Bonne Intention (LBI), on the East Coast Demerara (ECD) on Sunday.
His hands were bound behind his back, he was gagged and his body bore stab wounds and there were burn marks to his chest. A post-mortem examination revealed that he died of haemorrhaging and shock due to incised wounds. Police, in a statement had said that the body was discovered at 4.30 pm on Sunday at LBI and bore marks of violence to the throat and other parts and his hands were tied behind his back with wire. The car that Henry operated, PKK 9036, had been found earlier at 6.30 am in a trench at Plaisance, ECD. The amplifier was missing.
Collins had told this newspaper that she last saw Henry late Saturday night at the car park, in front of Demico House, where he usually worked. She left at around 10 pm that day to go home to cook and while doing so her phone rang at 11:33 pm, with Henry’s number showing up. Upon answering, she heard voices in the background with a male stating “you [expletive] call” two times before the phone was disconnected.
Worried she went to the car park to investigate but heard differing reports. She reported the matter to the police and late Sunday, upon contacting the owner of the car, she was told that it had been found. Later that day, she received a call telling her that a body had been found at Onion Field and after travelling there, identified it as her husband’s.
