Philipsburg:--- The three suspects that were arrested last Saturday suspected as the killers of 14 year old Akeem Lake has been split up confirmed Chief Prosecutor Taco Stein. Stein said one of the suspects was sent to Curacao another to Saba while one remained here. The idea Stein said is to make sure they do not influence each other. He said for this reason they have chosen not to release much information on the investigation since they are still busy interrogating the suspects who are all from St. Maarten. "We simply don't want to mess up the case by having the suspects reading stuff in the media". Stein said.
Stein also confirmed that the investigation is now being handled by a special team of officers comprised of the RST, local police and the Curacao Police. He said this team is specifically charged with investigating some of the unsolved cases from last year.
Akeem Lake was gunned down on June 18th 2008 in Union Farm, the youth who was practically living among gangs had a run in with other youngsters concerning a scooter his father said at the time of his death. It is suspected that the killers committed their act during a drive by shooting spree.