Berbice: Police said the suspect held in connection with the murder of a 42-year-old United States army medical doctor, Max Kungel, who was found hanging in his cell shared a “special relationship”
They said Omesh Thakurdeen had been taken into custody as investigations continued into the murder of Dr. Kungel, whose body was found in the backdam in Corentyne, Berbice, Guyana recently with several gunshot wounds.
While in the cell at the police station a check was carried on the cell where Thakurdeen’s was kept in which he was the only prisoner. During the check in the early hours of the morning, he was found hanging by his shirt from the grillwork, a police statement said.
Media reports said Kungel and his sister-in-law arrived in Guyana on March 7 to participate in a religious ceremony in the observance of their grandmother’s first death anniversary.
The body of an overseas- based Guyanese U.S Army Service member, Cpt. Dr. Max Kungel, 42, was discovered on March, 17, 2013 inside a vehicle in the Number 71 Village, Corentyne rice backlands.
The body bore two gunshot wounds. When the discovery was made, all the doors of his rented white Toyota Tundra were sprawled open. Investigations reveal that the two shared a special relationship.
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