Six months after 16-year-old Jumal Parks had been murdered, the slain youth’s sister, Aneisa Parks, is calling on the Guyana Police Force to find the third suspect who is responsible for her brother’s death.
Dead: Jumal Parks
Jumal Parks of Non Pareil Street, Albouystown Georgetown was brutally murdered on October 13, 2020 by three young men. However, thus far, Police have managed only to apprehend two of the suspects, while the third remains on the run.
Parks’s sister told Guyana Times Police are claiming that searches for the suspect have proven futile, but yet he was seen numerous times roaming the streets of Georgetown, and has been quite active on social media.
“We’re in April and the third suspect ain’t get caught as yet. He’s on Facebook putting up ‘tek life’ like if it is a joke…. The Police say they going and they ain’t seeing he. I don’t know what you got to do to get justice in this country,” she declared.
Further, she urged the suspect to take responsibility for his actions by surrendering himself.
“God don’t sleep…that is a lifetime burden you have to carry. It’s best you turn yourself in and beg God to have a better life, so the stain wouldn’t be upon you,” she pleaded.
The aggrieved sister added that despite it being months since her brother passed, it has been difficult for her and the family to grasp the idea of their loss.
“I’m really saddened by this. Up to now I can’t find that place in my heart to forget about Jumal,” she told Guyana Times.
She also said her brother had been a very close friend of the now dead cyclist Jude Bentley. Bentley had taught her brother to fix bicycles, and he had been intrigued ever since. At the time of his death, Jumal had been working to save money to purchase a motorcycle to transport himself to school, as he was slated to commence classes at the Guyana Technical Institute (GTI).
Meanwhile, the aggrieved sister added that her family will not rest until justice is served; and that, she noted, would be having all three of the perpetrators dealt with before the court.
“He didn’t fulfill his potential; he had a lot of potential in him. He’s already gone, but I need to see at least justice, and we need to be at peace within our minds and within our hearts.”
According to the Police, on the day of his demise, Jumal Parks was at his place of employment – Wanita’s Wash Bay located at Front Road, West Ruimveldt – when he was approached by the three suspects. Parks and the three teens had had a disagreement a few days prior to his murder. One of the suspects, who was armed with a piece of wood, visited the car wash and reportedly called out to the now dead teen. The teen, however, did not pay heed, since he was working, but the suspect advanced towards him, thus resulting in him running into a nearby yard, where he was stabbed to the left side chest and his right upper arm.
According to reports, the act was committed by a 19-year-old labourer of Hunter Street, La Penitence, an 18-year-old unemployed male of West Ruimveldt, and a 17-year-old unemployed male of East La Penitence, Georgetown.
