The Guyana Police Force is making “good progress” on the case of the murders of Better Hope moneychanger Aaron Latchman and his daughter, Arian, acting Crime Chief Michael Kingston said.
Speaking to Stabroek News yesterday afternoon, Kingston said that the force has made good progress, as they currently have several persons in custody.
The police had initially arrested four persons earlier in the week who were interrogated by investigators from the Major Crimes Unit at the Criminal Investigation Department (CID).
In relation to those four, Kingston said that they have applied to the High Court to keep them in custody as the investigation continues.
The fatal shooting of the father and daughter occurred at their 58 Robert Street, Better Hope North, East Coast home around 3.30 pm last Thursday.
The Guyana Police Force had said that from preliminary investigations, the bandits confronted the elder Latchman as he exited his car. He had returned home just moments earlier.
It was revealed that from all indications he put up a fight and was shot during the struggle. The bandits reportedly took a bag containing money and escaped in a waiting car. Arian, neighbours said, was shot and killed in the upper flat of the home. It was her screams that alerted neighbours of the attack.
Autopsies later revealed that Aaron died as a result of multiple gunshot injuries while Arian died from a single gunshot injury.
Also speaking to Stabroek News yesterday, Latchman’s wife, Tracey Waheeda, said she was disappointed by the non-communication from the police as she is in the dark on what is happening.
“Nobody spoke to us yet except for what we saw in the news. We heard that during the funeral the police brought one of the bandits to the scene but we weren’t home. At the time my niece was home alone and she said the detective brought one,” Waheeda lamented.
She emphasized that the family has received no communication from the police updating them about the investigation.
Latchman and his daughter were laid to rest on Wednesday.
