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Nov 20, 2014 News
The Guyana Police Force says that it is still awaiting the necessary funds to facilitate overseas travel to
take samples from human remains believed to be that of missing businessman, Mohamed F. Khan, for DNA analysis
Police Commissioner (Ag) Seelall Persaud told this newspaper last Monday that while all systems are in place on the part of the police to take the samples overseas, the Force does not have the funds to undertake such tasks.
“We are awaiting a response from the Ministry of Home Affairs. We have written to them already and as soon as they approve the funds, it (samples) will be sent,” the Commissioner assured.
Crime Chief Leslie James had earlier said that an officer has already been identified to take the samples overseas for testing, which will be done by the same lab that conducted test on samples believed to be that of missing school teacher Nyozi Goodman.
Kaieteur News understands that testing of the Goodman sample was completed a few weeks ago and is waiting to be picked up by local police authorities.
“We will be killing two birds with one stone. The same officer who has been identified to take the (MFK) samples will be bringing back the Goodman results,” the Crime Chief explained.
Both families are experiencing growing anxiety, since they are hoping that positive DNA results will bring some amount of closure to the two matters.
Both sets of remains are in the custody of the state and family members are anxious to have them properly disposed of.
Khan’s relatives who are convinced that the remains, with the head severed from the body, found at Cummings Lodge on East Coast Demerara, belong to the missing businessman.
Some of his relatives, who flew in from overseas, are seeking to have the remains so that they can conduct the burial and bring some amount of closure to the situation.
The relatives have positively identified a belt and a pair of trousers that were found with the decomposed corpse.
However, police are insisting that they will rely on DNA before they could safely conclude that the remains belong to Khan.
But since the DNA process through the police has been delayed, relatives were advised that they could write to the Commissioner of Police seeking permission to have a private DNA test done, which will be much quicker.
In the meantime, the remains are being kept by the Lyken Funeral Parlour.
“All they (family) want is closure…but we cannot give them the remains to bury, because we have to be one hundred percent certain we are dealing with a crime here. If it turns out that it is not him, then what happens?” a source at CID Headquarters, Eve Leary reasoned.
Investigators have taken samples from Khan’s sister which they hope to match with those taken from the remains.
Carol Green is holding her breath as she awaits the results of tests that were conducted on the samples taken from the skeletal remains of a woman believed to be her daughter Nyozi Goodman, even as her confidence in the way the police are handling the matter is waning.
It’s been more than three months since the remains were found at Pattensen, East Coast Demerara, and although Green had positively identified a belt that was lying at the scene, she believes that the police are not doing enough to solve the case of the missing St. Stanislaus teacher.
The missing teacher’s mother is fearful that her daughter’s matter could end up in the cold case file if the investigation continues the way it is going presently.
Meanwhile, Royston Waldrond, the man who police suspected was responsible for her disappearance was shot dead last week, almost putting an end to the police investigation into the matter.
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