The 19-year-old man held after the murder of two Corentyne broom vendors sometime on Saturday at the Adventure backdam had been suspected by the older woman of robbing her of her broom proceeds.
The two women, Florry Papiah, 33, and Jennifer Pooran, 19, and the prime suspect, Deodat Persaud, 21 of Miss Phoebe, Port Mourant left home around 7:30 am on Saturday to “cut broom” in the backdam. They were expected back around 2 pm.
Persaud would normally sell the broom for the women but
