A 19-year-old member of the Coast Guard and a 22-year-old Belmont resident were charged with murdering a Maraval man.
According to a media release, the two were ordered to be charged on the instructions of acting Director of Public Prosecutions Sabrina Dougdeen-Jaglal on Friday for killing Diego Roper.
Police reports stated that around 9:30 pm on September 8, Roper, of Paramin Hill, was last seen and heard. Roper reportedly was heard shouting, “No boy! No boy!” before gunshots were heard. A missing person’s report was filed the next day, and Roper’s decomposing body was found on September 12. The two were held on September 15 and will face the courts tomorrow.