A 32-year-old security guard was among two men who were murdered in west Trinidad between Monday night and yesterday morning. In the latest incident, security guard Ramesh Ramlochan was found yesterday morning strangled to death at the Ministry of Food Production’s compound, Chaguaramas. According to reports, around 7 pm, police received a report of that a man was lying unconscious between two buildings on the Western Main Road, Chaguaramas.
A team of officers, led by Insp Thomas, responded and followed a trail of blood from the car park. Police said Ramlochan, of Mohammed Street, Pasea, Tunapuna, was dressed in his uniform and had a wound to his head. He also had several marks of violence to his body. An autopsy yesterday at the Forensic Science Centre, St James, stated he died as a result of strangulation. Police said Ramlochan may have sustained the head wound while struggling with his attacker.
Homicide detectives said they were informed that Ramlochan had recently been receiving death threats in relation to a land dispute with relatives. Meanwhile, in a separate incident, 27-year-old Akiel Bolton was shot dead at his Diego Martin home on Monday. Police said around 10 pm, Bolton’s 63-year-old father went to visit him at his house at Waterwheel Road, Diego Martin.
Police said the elder Bolton became worried after his son did not return his calls. When he eventually gained access to the house, he found his son lying in his bed with a gunshot wound to his chest. Bolton lived alone. Investigators said Bolton was well known to them and had a criminal record for drug-related offences. Detectives of the Region One Homicide Bureau are probing both murders.