| Months after the slaughter of the Island Princess crew, the relatives are seeking answers. They are also awaiting the sale of the vessel.The owner of the vessel, Errol Prince, a miner, recently announced that he is currently rehabilitating the boat and will be selling it since “it has too many memories.”Sheila SinghHe noted that the chartering business is not for him. When he did it the first time,Cheap NFL Jerseys, the vessel ended up in an accident and he had to spend a lot of money repairing it. Then came the saga with the missing crew.Prince revealed that the vessel would be completely fixed soon. He said that he wanted to move on with his future plans. He revealed that he would be giving the families of the victims “something” from the sale of the vessel, as he knew that there were children involved.The Island Princess disappeared after leaving Parika, Essequibo,Bradley Chubb Jersey, for Friendship, East Bank Demerara, on September 26 last. At the time it was described as a cargo vessel.The crew was last contacted about 18:30 hours that day and had given their location as the Essequibo River mouth. Efforts to contact them about half an hour later, however, proved futile.At the time, the crew consisted the Captain, Titus Buckery Nascimento, Rickford Bannister, Mahendra Singh, and Ryan Chin.Then on September 29 and the following day, the bodies of Nascimento and Singh were found in the vicinity of Black Rock, Wakenaam and Hamburg Island, both located in the Essequibo River.The bodies bore gunshot injuries and had been disembowelled.Days later, on October 2,cheap nfl jerseys, the disembowelled body of Chin bearing suspected gunshot wounds in the head and leg was discovered on the Queenstown Foreshore, Essequibo River.The three bodies were badly decomposed and because of their state were buried immediately after on-the-spot post mortem examinations.They were positively identified by relatives based on a cellular phone, pants, a gold tooth, a watch and in the case of Chin, the tattoo of a cross.On October 6, the bodies were exhumed and DNA samples taken, after which relatives were allowed to perform final rites before they were reburied.According to Sheila Singh, the mother of deceased Mahendra Singh, in an interview with Kaieteur News, she had to bear the cost of the exhumation.She said Errol Prince promised to visit her at her residence at Ostend, Canal Number One, West Bank Demerara. She said that the promise was made when she and other relatives met with him at Eve Leary, Police Headquarters.However, to date she has not seen him or heard from him although he has a contact number for her.“I am glad to get in contact with him; I am not looking forward for nothing from him. If he can give me back my expense I would be grateful.”She stated that she has learnt of the forthcoming sale of the Island Princess, and would like to appeal to its owner to be compensated for the burial and various traveling arrangements she incurred as a result of her sons’ death.The relatives of the other men,Cheap NFL Authentic Jerseys, in a recent interview with the media, stated that they were keeping abreast with what was happening, and are still waiting for the perpetrators to be brought to justice.When the vessel was found of the coast of Grenada,China Jerseys, it was flooded, and investigators found nothing to suggest that anything sinister has occurred on board. Two passports and several pieces of clothing were also discovered.After more than a month awaiting the directives of the Guyana Government, Prince was able to sail the vessel home. When it arrived, it was handed over to him the following day.Prince has dismissed suggestions that the vessel was tied to drugs.Several persons including a prominent city businessman were held for questioning shortly after the vessel went missing, but were subsequently released.However,Cheap Baseball Jerseys Shirts, according to police, the investigation is still open in the case of the Island Princess and her crew members. |
