Police set up special team
The Fiji Police Force has a dedicated team working on four major outstanding murder cases. This was confirmed by Police Commissioner Brigadier-General Sitiveni Qiliho. Brigadier-General Qiliho said he could not divulge the different cases because “people will react to it and go underground.
“We are working on the cases,” he said. “There are some cases that have been outstanding well before my time in the Police, decades ago.”
It is understood that there are a few criminal cases outstanding since 2014. They are:
• The murder of Russian couple Yuri Shipulin and his wife Nataliya Gerasimova. On June 17, 2016, body parts, confirmed as the couple’s were found at Natadola Beach floating in the water; • A 12-year-old girl was found dead in her Samabula home, Suva, by her father on September 7, 2014, at about 8am. It is believed that the girl was alone at home when the incident happened. Her father had gone for a haircut and her mother was attending a church service;
• On January 29, 2015, at around 6am, an employee found Lees Trading CEO Holland Seeto dead in a pool of blood in his office at Laucala Beach Estate, Nasinu. Mr Seeto, 59, was believed to have died from stab wounds; and
• Police discovered the burnt body of a Vinod Patel regional manager, Salesh Chand, in his company vehicle on June 8, 2016. The investigation in this case is focusing on the circumstances surrounding his death.