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  • 1 year ago
Almost five days after Diego Roper from Paramin Hill in Maraval went missing- his body was discovered along Cameron Road in Petit Valley by the Hunters Search and Rescue Team led by Vallance Rambharat.

Roper's mother who appeared distraught following the discovery says she wants justice for her son's death.

Mark Bassant has this report.
Transcript
00:00I don't know what they killed him for, but whoever do it, they were cast asleep in the night.
00:09And I will get justice.
00:12Martha Romany could barely piece together words to describe the loss of her son.
00:1723-year-old Nigel Roper, who went missing from his paramour,
00:21held home in Maraval on Sunday night after being abducted and found dead earlier today.
00:28Martha, who was only able to muster a few words before breaking down,
00:32described her son as a hard-working farmer.
00:35Roper was reported missing by his family on Monday at the Maraval Police Station
00:39and Rambarat of the Hunter's Search and Rescue Team said the family reached out to them the following day.
00:44In the hopes of feeding, we made an arrangement with the family to come early this morning
00:49to assist them with the search.
00:52The paramour is a bit far from here, so to have located the body this distance
00:57meant that we were searching from early this morning and at about 12.50pm
01:04we were alerted to a strong foul smell at the corner of Boiler Trace and Cameron Road
01:13and we were able to locate the body.
01:16Roper's body was found dumped in some bushes off Cameron Road, Pitty Valley.
01:20Investigators say that due to the decomposed state of Roper's body,
01:23they were unable to say how he was killed.
01:26However, relatives reported to police that following Roper's abduction, they heard a gunshot.
01:32Sources told TV6 News that Roper was allegedly taken by persons connected to security forces.
01:38Roper was the nephew of the infamous Ralph Roper,
01:41who had been on the run from police for 15 years in the Cameron forest
01:45before he was shot and killed by police in 2021.
01:48Marc Besant, TV6 News.
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