Husband, wife wanted for murder of Police Constable

– grave was already dug, awaiting cop’s body

Hours after the skeletal remains of Police Constable Quincy Lewis were unearthed – he disappeared after leaving home for work back in 2020 – the Guyana Police Force (GPF) on Thursday issued a wanted bulletin for the masterminds behind the gruesome murder.
After almost three years of mystery, detectives unearthedskeletal remains believed to be those of Lewis in a shallow grave in a sandpit at Madewini, along the Soesdyke/Linden Highway.

This breakthrough came after intensive interrogation of two suspects, who allegedly admitted that they had known about the killing of the cop. Both suspects cooperated with investigators and pinpointed the location where Lewis’s body was buried.
According to Crime Chief Wendell Blanhum, the missing Policeman was reportedly lured to a woman’s home on the East Bank of Demerara, where he was allegedly shot dead. His body was then transported to Madewini, on the Linden-Soesdyke Highway, and buried in a shallow grave.

56-year-old Thakurdyal Samaroo and his wife Youseef Zahid, also known as Naqueeba Zahid Zafarali, of Lot 7 Ogle Front, East Coast Demerara, are wanted for questioning in relation to this heinous crime. Based on the information received, they are both out of the jurisdiction, and the Guyana Police Force is using all legal avenues available to ensure that they are extradited to Guyana to answer allegations made in relation to the death of the late Constable Quincy Lewis.
New information revealed that on the evening the cop was killed, he had gone to a home on the East Bank of Demerara, where he was reportedly shot by Samaroo, after which his body was bound with plastic cable ties. The accomplices had then placed a black plastic bag over his head, and secured it with duct tape.
The grave was already dug, according to the information reaching Guyana Times.
following the discovery of these skeletal remains, the GPF will be sending samples for DNA testing.
Crime Chief Wendell Blanhum has commended ranks of the Major Crimes Investigation Unit who worked tirelessly with the newly appointed Head of the Cold Case Unit to achieve this breakthrough and offer closure to the family of the deceased.
“I wish to recognise each and every investigator involved in this matter, since it’s their hard work, perseverance and diligence that ultimately led to the breakthrough in solving this case and locating the remains of the deceased,” he has said.
On June 19, 2020, Lewis had visited his home at La Parfaite Harmonie, West Bank Demerara to uplift a few pieces of clothing before boarding a vehicle. Family members became aware that he was missing when the owner of the car in which he had left approached them four days later to collect his car. The family had been under the impression that was on duty, and became alarmed when they were told he did not turn up for work.
Several efforts were made to contact Lewis by phone, but they were all in vain.
Closed-circuit television (CCTV) surveillance recordings later revealed that Lewis had crossed the Demerara Harbour Bridge, which is less than a 10-minute drive from where he was stationed at Agricola. He was last seen entering Greenfield Park, EBD. Months after he disappeared, Lewis’s cell phone was found in the Timehri, EBD area with the screen cracked.