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More than a year after a deadly gold robbery in Region Seven (Cuyuni-Mazaruni), law enforcement has intensified its manhunt for twin brothers Kellon and Kevin Fredricks, issuing a fresh wanted bulletin for the two men believed to be behind a string of armed robberies and a brutal double murder.
The Fredricks brothers, whose last known addresses are listed as Onderneeming Sandpit on the Essequibo Coast and Tuschen on the East Bank of Essequibo, are being sought in connection with a series of violent crimes committed across Regions Two (Pomeroon -Supernaam)and Seven, between December 2023 and January 2024. 
But it’s the March 2024 killing of 50-year-old businessman Zaheer Mohammed Sheriff and his 26-year-old employee Donovan Washington that remains the most heinous of the allegations. The two men were ambushed and executed as they transported over $37 million worth of raw gold from a mining camp in Arimu Backdam, Cuyuni River.
Police said Kellon is also wanted for that murder. They believe the brothers — described as “armed and extremely dangerous” — are central figures in the deadly robbery.
Sheriff, who operated a dredge in the interior, had left Bartica early on March 3, 2024, after offering prayers at the Masjid. He and Washington travelled to the backdam to retrieve gold that had been washed down earlier. They were on an ATV when the ambush took place. Minutes after leaving the site, gunshots rang out. Their bodies were later found on a trail with gunshot wounds, and both the gold and Sheriff’s two licensed firearms: a .32 pistol and a 12-gauge shotgun, had been stolen.
According to investigators, the attack was carried out by two masked men on a red ATV.
In the months that followed, four men were charged with the murder: 44-year-old taxi driver Teddy Thomas of Itaballi Landing; James Derrick, 20, a miner from Onderneeming; Travis Fredericks, 32, and Fernando Fredericks, 28, both miners from Tuschen, East Bank Essequibo. Police believe Travis and Fernando are related to the wanted twin brothers.
Also wanted in connection with the murders is 19-year-old Romain Henry, who vanished shortly after the killings. Nearly a month after his disappearance, his mother made an emotional plea on social media, begging the public for help to find him. She later told investigators that Romain last contacted her on March 15, 2024, nearly two weeks after the murders, saying he was feeling unwell and staying with a taxi driver. He stopped responding to messages soon after.
Although that driver was detained and questioned by police, he was released on bail. To date, there has been no official word from the police on whether Romain Henry has been arrested or located.
