Toshao murder: GPF to approach High Court for extension to further detain suspect

The Guyana Police Force (GPF) is likely to approach the High Court to secure an extension to further detain 24-year-old Noah Beaton, the security guard who confessed to the brutal stabbing to death of Toshao Ridley Joseph.
The move comes as the mandatory 72-hour detention period nears expiration. This was according to Crime Chief Wendell Blanhum who added that the extension is necessary since the post-mortem on the remains of Joseph is set for Friday.
He noted that once the autopsy is done, detectives will forge ahead to institute charges against Beaton.
The 37-year-old Indigenous leader from Tasserene Village, Middle Mazaruni, Region Seven (Cuyuni-Mazaruni) was found dead in his hotel room on Monday morning with 19 wounds on his body.
Hours after the discovery, the suspect surrendered to the Brickdam Police Station thus confessing to the crime. He claimed that on the night of the crime, the Toshao allegedly failed to apologise to him for years of sexual abuse.
According to investigators, the abuse reportedly began when Beaton was a primary school student under Joseph’s supervision. It was reported that the now-dead man checked into the Signature Inn Hotel in Queenstown, Georgetown, on Sunday evening and was last seen alive at 00:50h on Monday in the company of another man.
Hotel staff discovered his body later that morning in a pool of blood, with multiple stab wounds to his face, neck, and chest. Bloodstains on the walkway and a puncture hole in the room’s door led investigators to suspect foul play.
Surveillance footage confirmed that a man matching Beaton’s description was seen leaving the hotel shortly after 2:00h.