Cops combing phone records in Mocha murder probe as victim’s family slams delays

Delon Melville

A month after the decomposing body of Delon Melville was found in the Mocha backdam, the dead man’s family says that the police’s sloth in acting on information has lessened the chances of a breakthrough in finding the perpetra-tor(s).

The man’s family says police ignored reports of persons threating Melville prior to his death, did not follow up on a missing persons report on his disappearance, did not properly investigate telephone records made from his phone and failed to act on a report about a young man from the area who had scratch marks on his hand after the discovery of the body.

Stabroek News has learnt that police now have a printout of the telephone records for Melville’s number. The family had complained about the police dragging their foot on this