Autopsy on Friday for slain ex-fireman, two held

Two unemployed people, a 23-year-old woman and a 28-year-old man from Princes Town remain in custody in connection with the murder of former fireman Christopher Hosein.

An autopsy is scheduled for Friday at the Forensic Sciences Centre in St James

Police found his burnt body near his burnt Kia Sorento on Wednesday morning in a gravel road off the M1 Tasker Road in Ste Madeleine. People use the area as a dumping site.

Investigators said there was a rope around his neck, his hands were bound and his eyes covered with duct tape.

Southern Division and Homicide Bureau Region III police, among them Snr Supt Gaffar, Supt Dhillpaul and ASP Theodore-Persad, visited the scene and searched for evidence.

A few hours later, police detained the two suspects after receiving certain information.

Hosein, 45, a businessman who resigned from the Fire Service about ten years ago, lived at Princes Town. Hosein lived and ran his business, the Expert Fire and Safety Ltd (EFSL), at St James Street.