The 18 year old suspect that is currently behind bars as a suspect in Deygoo's murder investigation was born on St. Maarten to Dominican parents. Sources close to the investigation said that the young man resides in Belvedere and even though he is still attending school, he is always in trouble and he also has questionable friends, some of whom are currently behind bars as murder suspects.
SMN News further learnt that police got a breakthrough on the case when the widow of Mark Deygoo, Padmini Deygoo gave police a detailed description of the suspect. The source said that police then presented Deygoo's widow with a stack of photographs of possible suspects and she picked out the photograph of the person who shot her husband multiple times during an armed robbery at their Back Street store.
Mark Deygoo was shot five times by two young robbers on September 21 2011 as he and his wife Padmini were preparing to close their Back Street store. At the time of the gruesome shooting and robbery, the victim Mark Deygoo his wife Padmini and their young daughter were inside the store.
Chief Prosecutor Hans Mos confirmed that Police arrested a suspect that was identified by an eyewitness who was inside the store when the robbery and shooting took place.
Mos also confirmed that the suspect is a student of the St. Maarten Academy PSVE, but refused to divulge any more information on the suspect since the second suspect (accomplice) is still on the loose.
