One of three suspects arrested for murder of Ruimveldt teen

Adrian Purlette

Police have arrested a juvenile in the murder of 18-year-old Adrian Purlette. The detained teen is one of three suspects that were fingered in Purlette’s killing last week.

According to police commander with responsibility for Region Four, district ‘A’, Assistant Commissioner Simon McBean, the teen was arrested sometime on Tuesday. No other details were disclosed. The police are still on the hunt for the two other suspects.

The deceased, a resident of East Ruimveldt, Georgetown, was attacked in the vicinity of a friend’s home he visited on Wednesday, October 21.