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Aug 07, 2008 News
Three years after bulletins were issued for their arrests, local police have now issued warrants for two men who are charged with the murders of American missionary couple, Richard and Charlene Hicks.
The warrants were issued for farm hands Peter Marare, a former resident of Quarrie, Rupununi, and Brazilian Alecemar Cassiano Eugenio, called ‘Pingo’ of Commundade Dopium, Brazil. This was disclosed by Crime Chief, Seelall Persaud, yesterday.
Police discovered the charred and partly dismembered body of Richard Hicks and that of his wife, Charlene, on March 31, 2005. The ranks had responded to a report of a fire at the missionary’s residence at San Jose, Rupununi.
Persons in the area had reported seeing flashlights around the couple’s residence but did not take it for anything serious.
A pastor who worked in the district later saw fire coming from the residence and tried unsuccessfully to locate the couple.
A source had told this newspaper that two persons were seen leaving the scene shortly before the gruesome discovery.
The couple, originally from South Africa and Chicago, spent almost a decade in Guyana translating the Bible into the Wapishana language spoken by thousands of indigenous people near the Brazilian border.
They were sent to Guyana by the Dallas-based Wycliffe Bible Translators and the Summer Institute of Linguistics in Florida.
Following their deaths several persons, including officials from the United States Embassy in Georgetown, visited the area.
Subsequently a special team of forensic investigators including a pathologist from the US Federal Bureau of Investigations also visited the scene.
This newspaper was reliably informed that a pair of slippers was found at the crime scene and according to a resident of the area, the item was worn by a Brazilian who had been working for her.
Both Peter Marare and Aleiman Cassiano Eugenio, who were ranch hands on the couple’s farm, are believed to be in Brazil.
One source in the Lethem area had informed that shortly after the killings, the two men were seen drinking alcohol and had a large quantity of cash in their possession.
They were also believed to be carrying a large vial containing a quantity of raw gold before fleeing to neighbouring Brazil.
Guyana does not have an extradition treaty with Brazil but local authorities will ask their southern neighbour to hand the men over.
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