Phone records can crack many crime cases but their uneven use by the police has left relatives like those of Delon Melville of Mocha, whose murder was reported to his family by an unknown caller, baffled as to why more isn’t being done with these leads.
Investigators of the Guyana Police Force have used phone leads on several occasions and there is at least one known case where it has proven to be very successful. However, there are relatives of persons murdered who strongly believe that the police’s foot-dragging or lack of an aggressive pursuit of looking into phone records has denied them justice and closure.
Contacted recently, Crime Chief Seelall Persaud told Stabroek News that once investigators feel the need for access to telephone records, a request is made to the service provider—either GT&T or Digicel. He said that once the police are in possession of the records, the
