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Sophia man detained for 2011 murder of drug store proprietor
– linked by evidence found at scene
Technological advances in the Guyana Police Force appear to have led detectives to a prime suspect in the 2011 slaying of elderly drug store proprietor Harold Rachpaul.
Murdered in 2011: Harold Rachpaul
An official confirmed yesterday that investigators have detained a ‘C’ Field, Sophia man in connection with the murder of 84-year-old Rachpaul, who was found bound and strangled in his Lot 75 Robb Street, Lacytown home. Kaieteur News was told that the suspect is being questioned at CID Headquarters, Eve Leary.
Sources close to the suspect also confirmed his arrest, while claiming that he works in the interior.
Kaieteur News was told that the man was detained after clues found at the scene linked him to the pharmacist’s death.
Rachpaul was found gagged, bound with electrical cord and strangled on August 26, 2011, in his apartment, located behind Rachpaul’s Drug Store, which he had operated for close to 50 years.
The killers had apparently forced him to open a vault which contained close to $1M in cash and phone cards.
Police had originally issued an arrest warrant for former security guard Ryan Kissoon, called ‘Dahl Belly,’ who was reportedly seen acting in a suspicious manner near the premises on the night Mr. Rachpaul was slain.
Kissoon was eventually detained in September, 2013, but was released after police found no evidence linking him to the crime.
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