– two crew members arrested

A misunderstanding between several fishermen out at sea turned fatal, leaving one man dead and two others in Police

Dead: Ronald Emanuel Reid

custody.
The dead man has been identified as Ronald Emanuel Reid called “Manny”, of Lot 25 Castello Housing Scheme, Georgetown. According to reports, the 27-year-old man sustained a fatal stab wound to his back. The incident occurred around 14:00h on Tuesday.
Police investigations have revealed that the incident occurred onboard a fishing boat off the Lichfield Foreshore, West Coast Berbice.
“Investigations have revealed that Ronald Emanuel Reid was involved in an argument during which he was fatally stabbed to his back. Two men have been arrested and are in Police custody assisting with the investigations,” the Police disclosed in a release.
Guyana Times understands that Reid has been working at sea for some seven years now and left for this trip about two weeks ago. Speaking to this newspaper, the dead man’s cousin Sonia Persaud related that they received a phone call about Reid’s death around 19:00h on Tuesday.
Persaud said that they were unsure what transpired, but were told that her cousin was killed since around 14:00h. She revealed that Reid spoke with his girl friend earlier in the day and told her that he had a misunderstanding with the Captain of the boat.
“He spoke to his girlfriend around 10:00h and told her he is trying to get a boat to come in from sea because he got in lil’ problems with some guy on the boat… He didn’t say what was the problem,” Persaud related.
This newspaper understands that Reid’s body was brought to shore sometime this morning. Persaud further detailed that when relatives went to identify and claim the body at the shore on Wednesday morning, they observed a single stab wound in his back.
“It look like he was apparently sleeping when they kill he or something… but I can’t say for sure because we ain’t get the full report as yet,” she added.
She added that based on reports received, it was two brothers who reportedly killed her cousin. “We were made to understand that this wasn’t the first time these two brothers murdered someone. It has occur a second time… they had worked in the Venezuela waters but came back to Guyana and started working Guyana waters,” she claimed.
The woman said she did not know the men nor could she say whether her cousin worked with them before this trip. Persaud, however, noted that Reid’s father knew them as he was also a fisherman. Persaud described her cousin as a cool and calm individual, noting that he was not confrontational.
Reid leaves to mourn his parents, younger brother along with several other foster-siblings and his girlfriend, who is currently two months pregnant with his first child. The police are continuing the investigations.