Michael Fraser,  alias ‘Gamble’, of Angoy’s Avenue and also of 28 Nicolay  Street , New Amsterdam, Berbice, was found dead at Gangoo Creek, three miles north of Mara, an agricultural based area also on the East Bank .

According to information, police on mobile patrol were returning to the area following a reported robbery when ranks stumbled on the body lying on the roadway.

Saturday night at about 23.30 h, cops from Central Police Station responding to a robbery at Ma Retraite, drove to the area which is 25 miles from the New Amsterdam Township.

En route, at Belle View, they saw motor car HB 4359 speeding from the opposite direction.

The car ran into a utility pole and the occupants of the vehicle got out and fled the scene, with ranks in pursuit.

The area was misty at the time, and the poor visibility caused the police to abandon the search.

When they retured to the East Bank yesterday morning, they stumbled on Fraser’s body.

The police transported the body to Pitt Street, New Amsterdam, where the deceased operated his business. Persons there identified the corpse and it was taken to the New Amsterdam mortuary.

The dead man’s mother, Winifred Toney, said she was at church when she heard the news.

The distraught woman said despite premonitions that something would have gone wrong with her younger son, his death was unexpected.

Toney admitted that the second of her three children had had minor brushes with the law, though he did not deserve such a cruel death.

Meanwhile , Melissa Fraser, sister of the deceased , said, she last saw her brother at 00:30h yesterday, when he walked her from the GT&T jingle at the New Amsterdam Multilateral School.

The young woman said when she was a short distance from her home , he instructed another youth to escort her, before joining a taxi. He told her he was going to Galaxy, a night club in East Canje.

Meanwhile, police said Sandy Wilson and his daughter Monique were at Ma Retraite when they were robbed of $35,000 and a gold chain valued $10,000 by three armed men, at about 22:50h Saturday night. 

As the police continue their investigations , the driver of HB 4359, along with two others, is in custody , while the car is lodged at  Central Police Station.

Monday, June 25, 2007