Police have detained a suspect for the murder of a miner four months ago.The suspect, identified as Edward Simon, 35, is being questioned about the killing of Lionel Williams, a 25-year-old miner of Tin Cup Backdam, North West District. Simon is reportedly an in-law of Williams.Police reportedly have eyewitnesses to the killing and the suspect is being brought to Georgetown for further questioning.According to reports, Williams and two other men were imbibing at a shop when an argument ensued among them and he was fatally stabbed.Just a few days ago, police reported that they had captured another man who had confessed to two murders in separate areas in Konawaruk.They said that Mark Atkinson, 36, admitted to shooting and killing Devon Anderson, 30, at Blackwater Landing,Soccer Jerseys China, Konawaruk, Potaro in June 2014.Persons in the area had reportedly heard the two men arguing just before Anderson was shot.The detained man has also reportedly admitted to beating a Brazilian to death at Konawaruk, Potaro this year. He reportedly told detectives that he was fighting with the Brazilian who fell and struck his head on a tree trunk.A post mortem showed that the victim sustained blunt trauma to the head.Police are also questioning him about several other murders, including the murders of Jose Carlos Barbosa Araujo and Adonias Ferreira whose bodies were recovered from a swamp late Aramu Backdam, Cuyuni River last month.One of the bodies bore gunshot wounds and the other, incised wounds.According to reports, the men left their worksite in the Oku mining area, Cuyuni, on Tuesday, September 15, on an ATV. They were said to have been heading to Bartica to purchase spares for an excavator.
