Carenage man, latest murder victim

THE country’s latest murder victim found in Arima late Friday evening was yesterday identified as Sheldon Richardson, 27, of Upper Abbe Poujade Street, Carenage. Northern Division police said Richardson’s body was identified by his sister, Nikesha Marcelle-Richards and his common-law-wife, Rusell Edwards. Police said the relatives told them that they last saw Richardson on Friday when he left in company with someone to go to Sangre Grande to visit their family. It is not clear what transpired after he left home but police were trying up to late evening to locate the individual he left with, since they believe he could be of assistance to their enquiries. Richardson’s body was found around 5.40pm Friday in a dirt track at Peytonville, Arima, at the back of the Santa Rosa Race Course. Police believe he was killed elsewhere and his body dumped in Arima. Lawmen base their theory on the fact that the person who found the body told them that when he had passed in the same vicinity around 5.25pm, Richardson’s body was not there.  He had a tattoo on his right arm, bearing the word “Carba”. At the time of his death, Richardson was wearing dark grey T-shirt, light blue three quarter pants and white socks.  He also wore a rasta hairstyle. A party of officers headed by ASPs Errol Dillon and Wesley Moore along with Insp Pierre, Cpl Jones and others visited the scene. A post mortem is to be performed today at the Forensic Science Centre.  Insp Bullen of the Arima Criminal Investigations Department (CID) is investigating.