After three days in police custody, the prisoner dubbed the most wanted man in T&T, Azmon Alexander, has not been interrogated, according to his attorney Fareed Ali. In a telephone interview with the T&T Guardian yesterday Ali said his client, who is at the La Horquetta Police Station, has not been questioned and has been complaining he is not being given his medication, which he said is for an infection he picked up while on the run from police.
Ali said his client had a swollen left hand, cuts on his right ankle and left shin, was looking ill, had puffy eyes and was also complaining his bones were aching. Alexander had asked for a novel to read, as well as a Bible “to read from Genesis” but instead was given a New Testament, he said.
He was identified as a “person of interest” in the disappearance of Brasso Seco residents Irma Rampersad, 49, her daughters—Felicia, 17, and Jennelle Gonzales, 19—and Jennelle’s daughter, 14-month-old Shania Amoroso. Alexander was also suspected of being involved in the disappearance of Rampersad’s neighbour, Felix Martinez, 52.
The family members were last seen on October 26 and reported missing two days later. Martinez also was reported missing but residents thought he had gone on a hunting trip. On November 8, his body was found in a sleeping bag along with that of baby Shania. On November 11, Rampersad’s body was found near a tree. All three bodies were found badly decomposed in the Brasso Seco forest.
Both Rampersad and Martinez were strangled, according to autopsies. The cause of death for baby Shania remains unknown as her autopsy was inconclusive owing to the advanced stage of decomposition. Three days after Rampersad’s body was found, sisters Jennelle and Felicia were rescued from a makeshift camp in the Lalaja forest. On November 15, a 17-year-old suspect surrendered to police, saying he had information about the girls’ capture.