Boat captain’s death: Suspects released after lack of evidence linking them to crime

Suspects released after lack of evidence linking them to crime
The suspects who were held in connection with the death of boat captain Carl Subratie, whose body was discovered in Marshall Falls, Lower Mazaruni River, earlier this month, have been released from Police custody.
This information was confirmed by Police officials on Tuesday. According to detectives, although several persons were questioned, no substantial evidence linking the suspects to the incident has been found thus far. However, it has been stated that the investigations are ongoing, and the Police are continuing their efforts to gather further information to ascertain the circumstances surrounding the man’s death.

Carl Subratie, 61, had been reported missing on June 19. According to Sameena Subratie, the man’s daughter, her father had lived alone and had worked as a boat captain for the past 27 years, primarily operating in various interior locations.
The family had grown concerned on Father’s Day, the day after Subratie had left home, when attempts to contact him on his mobile phone had been unsuccessful.
Despite calls being continuously made until Monday morning, there had been no response, and that had prompted Sameena to reach out to her uncles to inform them of the situation. The boat captain’s brothers had visited the location where he had dropped off the passengers, and had been informed that he had indeed completed the task and had left the area to return home.
Upon the brothers’ return home, they had reported the matter to the Police, and after several days of searching, Carl Subratie’s body was discovered. It had been found face-down in the river, and had exhibited several bruises and lacerations. It had also been indicated that the body was in an advanced state of decomposition.
The body had been taken to the Bartica Regional Hospital, where, after examination, a doctor had officially pronounced the man dead. It had later been taken to Georgetown, where a postmortem examination conducted had determined the cause of death as multiple injuries.
A family member had subsequently expressed concerns regarding the case.
“We knew that this was a murder because his boat was not found, and he was not decomposed like someone who would be in the water for 13 days. Also, we were told by the doctor who did the post-mortem that the multiple injuries on his body look like he was tortured for days…
“Also, he [the doctor] said that he only died about three to four days before we found his body, which means that, nine days before he was found, he was alive and maybe held hostage, where he might have been tortured. We know about five persons were arrested, but maybe more could be involved. We are angry about this,” the relative had stated.
Following their arrest, the suspects were released, but family members of the late Carl Subratie continue to call on the Police to work on getting those responsible for the man’s death arrested.