Berbice double murder: Rose Hall man charged for breaking into dead woman’s house

Police have charged a man, previously questioned following the murder of Melissa Arokium, 31, and her eight-year-old son, Anthony Arokium, for break and enter and larceny.
Quincy Hooper of Rose Hall Town appeared at the Albion Magistrate’s Court on Friday to answer a charge of break and enter.
Hooper is accused of breaking into the Rose Hall, Berbice home in which Melissa Arokium, 31, and her son, Anthony Arokium, 8, were found dead on August 23, 2023.
Hooper was rearrested after family members of the now-dead woman reported that at least one person was threatened after they tried to get Hooper out of the building.
The court was told that Hooper broke into the Lot 189 Mangrove Street, Rose Hall Town home and allegedly started living there.
He pleaded not guilty to the charge and was released on $15,000 bail. The case will continue on October 18.
The bodies of the 31-year-old self-employed woman and her eight-year-old son, a student of Port Mourant Primary School, were discovered by a close relative of the now-dead woman.
Her body lying in a pool of blood on the floor while the child was on his bed, also in a pool of blood, with what appeared to be at least one stab wound to the back of his neck while his mother was seen with what appeared to be chop wounds to the neck, shoulder and chest.
Police are yet to find the person or persons who are responsible for the deaths. The investigation is still ongoing. (G4)