Police yesterday continued their search for the person of interest in the murders of Sharlene Charles and Salma Chadee. According to police, the man is wanted for questioning in connection with the killing of his estranged wife, Mahangoo-Charles, who was shot multiple times on May 8, 2014.
The man, who goes by the alias “Goat”, is still on the run and has been deemed as the Central Division’s most wanted man. It is alleged following an argument on Saturday night, the man shot Chadee twice in the chest and escaped. Azad Ali, the man who police say can assist with their investigation, got into an accident on December 1, at Kelly Village Caroni. He broke both of his legs in the accident and uses a wheelchair to get around. His legs from just beneath the knees to the toes are in a cast.
Ali was taken to the Eric Williams Sciences Complex (EWMSC) by emergency health services without any police escort. According to the report, filed in the police station diary, which was obtained from Ian Alleyne, host of Crime Watch, the report confirmed police were able to identify Ali at the scene of the accident and allowed him to be taken to the EWMSC without being escorted by police.
The report said Ali was seen lying on the island on the Western side of the St Helena Bypass Road. A black Rx8 was seen crashed on the same side of the road. He was first taken to the Arima Health Facility and from there to the EWMSC. Other documents showed that the suspect checked out of the EWMSC on December 1, 2014 where he had been sent after the accident.
Further, the documents indicate that Ali was released from the hospital against medical advice and that “the patient and his relatives stated that they prefer the patient be seen at a private facility and not at the hospital,” the document stated. The medical documents also stated that the patient and his relatives were concerned that he may have incurred a spinal injury and they preferred that he be taken to a private health facility, using the family’s transport.
The “Release Against Medical Advice” EWMSC’s document, was signed by Ali at 12.35 pm, just under one hour after Ali was taken from the accident scene to the EWMSC.