Suspects in murder of Cuban positively identified - police
Investigators were able to positively identify the suspects who shot and killed Cuban butcher Ofredis Duarte Campos during an attempted robbery last week based on CCTV footage obtained, Commander of Region 4(A) Assistant Commissioner Edgar Thomas said.
Thomas, when contacted for an update on the investigation yesterday told Stabroek News that while there has been no arrest as yet, the investigation is ongoing.
“We know who we are looking for,” Thomas said.
He added that one of the suspects is known to the police.
Campos, of 321 East Street, Georgetown was on his way to work at the Rossignol Butchery on Church Street around 6.44am last Thursday when he was shot thrice about his body. He was pronounced dead on arrival at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH).
The police had said that Campos was confronted by two men after he left his home around 6.30 am.
“…Whilst on the western parapet proceeding south on Cummings Street between Middle and Quamina Streets, he was confronted by [two] suspects on a red and white XR motorcycle which came from the opposite direction. During the confrontation the pillion rider discharged three rounds…. after which they fled the scene,” a police release stated.
Anisley Diaz Hernandez, the dead man’s wife, had told Stabroek News that he worked at the Rossignol Butchery in Suriname for four years before they moved here two years ago and he began working at the company’s branch on Church Street.
His uncle had said that at the time of his death Campos was carrying a haversack in which he had a work tshirt and a support belt he wore at work to prevent back injuries. He also had his phone in his pocket. Nothing was stolen from him.
Meanwhile, residents had told Stabroek News that they believed the men who killed Campos intended to rob him. They had said that that when confronted by the men, Campos refused to give up his bag which led to him being shot.