Teen held for murder

The teen was taken to the Homicide Investigations Bureau office where he remained detained up until yesterday. Sources revealed that the suspect was seen by residents in the area of the Bethel Church of God where Okera was murdered last Thursday. Police described the suspect as a nuisance in the community.

On Thursday, Okera left his Calcutta home to sell vegetables on the compound of the church. His mother tried contacting him by cellphone at 3.17 pm, but when he did not answer, she went to the church’s compound where her son was last seen. The frantic woman made a report to the Couva police and officers went to the church’s compound where they saw traces of blood. On Friday morning officers returned to the scene with cadaver dogs and found Okera’s body in the pond behind the church.

Up until yesterday the murder toll stood at 294 for the year.