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– was suspect in post office heistPolice are probing a possible connection between a recent post office heist and the brutal murder of a 25-year-old taxi driver, Edward Whinfield, whose battered body was found in a clump of bushes at Wisroc around 07:30 hrs yesterday.Edward WhinfieldWhinfield hailed from Blue Berry Hill, Wismar. Relatives made the discovery of Edward Whinfield’s body in an area known as Bamboo Turn.Jermaine Whinfield, a brother, said that his sibling was lying facedown and he appeared to have been clubbed at the back of the head.He was shirtless and barefooted, but clad in a pair of underpants.Whinfield,Le Veon Bell Michigan State Jersey, the father of two, aged four and two years,Jon Beason Miami Jersey, also appeared to have sustained a wound to one of his eyes and there were abrasions on his hands.Whinfield’s beige-coloured Toyota AT192, HB 5056, was found a few yards away. The speakers and a Discman were missing, as well as the victim’s mobile phones.The back seat of the vehicle was blood-stained.Whinfield’s relatives were led to the spot by residents who informed them that they had seen the victim’s apparently abandoned car in the area since Wednesday.The slain man’s brother believes that the killers murdered Edward Whinfield in his home and then took the body in his own car to Bamboo Turn,Mario Manningham Michigan Jersey, some six miles away.According to the sibling, a search of his brother’s home yesterday revealed a blood-soaked mattress and there was blood leading from the bedroom to the hallway.The brother confirmed that Edward Whinfield was detained in early December in connection with a $7M robbery at the Wismar Post Office. He is convinced that the murder is connected to the post office heist.Police sources said that they had received reports that Whinfield’s car was used during the robbery.Jermaine Winfield said that his brother denied any involvement in the robbery and no one was ever charged.Relatives said that they last saw Winfield on Tuesday night, when he visited his mother, who also resides at Blue Berry Hill, and where relatives were having a ‘get-together’. Around 22:00 hrs, Whinfield announced that he was going home and left the gathering.His mother,Karl-Anthony Towns Kentucky Jersey, Marva Usher,Desmond Howard Michigan Jersey, said that she had expected Edward to return on Wednesday,Andre Johnson Miami Jersey, and she became worried when he did not come and failed to call.The brother, Jermaine Whinfield,Lower Merion Jerseys, said that he went to his brother’s home on Wednesday to collect the vehicle, but his brother was not at home and the car was gone.Later that day, someone informed Jermaine Whinfield that he had seen the car in a bushy area near Bamboo Turn.After receiving similar information,Leonard Fournette LSU Jersey, Jermaine Whinfield and other relatives went to the area yesterday and eventually made the grisly discovery.So far,Ben Simmons LSU Jersey, no one has been arrested. |
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