Philipsburg:--- Members of the TGO team and several detectives that are working on at least nine unsolved murder cases on St. Maarten are still busy trying to find the culprits involved in these cases confirmed Chief Prosecutor Hans Mos. Mos said so far St. Maarten has recorded 13 murders for the year 2011. Three of which are solved, while police arrested Robert Reid for the murder of his 13 year old daughter Tiffany Reid. The judge of instruction has authorized the police to keep Reid in pre-trail detention for another eight days confirmed the Chief Prosecutor.Detectives are busy investigating the murder of Anthony Whyte who was shot in his Dutch Quarter home early last week, and Mark Anthony Deygoo, the Guyanese businessman who was shot five times in his Back Street store.
So far, the detectives have been hearing a number of witnesses but no arrests have been made for nine unsolved murder cases. The Police Department is also calling on the general public especially those who might have information on these killings to contact them so that they can solve these cases. Persons with information are asked to call the police tip line 9300.
The investigating officers are seeking information on the following murders that are still to be solved: Emilio De Leon Reyes, Amador Jones, Hector Miguel Arrindell, Rodolfo Arrindell, Kevin Gumbs, Eric Lake, Sheldon Thomas, Anthony Whyte and Mark Deygoo.