Mother of main suspect in T&T girl’s murder fears for life after threatening calls

Nikita Ramischand

Relatives of the man accused of killing a Trinidad teen have fled their homes after receiving threatening phone calls from a man who identified himself as a relative of the murdered teen.

Dhanwantie Sookram, the mother of the suspect Ramesh ‘Alvin’ Sookram, 25, said that her two other sons who lived close to her moved away from the area because they fear for their lives after yet another threatening phone call yesterday. The tearful woman who visited Stabroek News’ office said that she too is afraid and plans to move out as well. “I can’t take it no more. It’s too much,” she said.

She again appealed to her son to turn himself in to the authorities. Sookram said that yesterday a man, who identified himself as a close relative of the murdered teen, called and said that he was