By Travis Chase | HGP Nightly News|
GEORGETOWN, GUYANA — A massive, multi-month manhunt for the remaining fugitives linked to the gruesome “Christmas Day Barrel Murder” has yielded a major breakthrough. Ranks of the Guyana Police Force have successfully apprehended a fourth high-profile suspect who had been actively evading law enforcement since the stomach-churning discovery of a decomposed body stuffed headfirst inside a plastic barrel at the Le Repentir Cemetery last winter.
The captured fugitive has been identified as 33-year-old Kevin Lawson, widely known across the criminal underworld by his aliases “Baby” and “Edgar Lawson.”
According to an official operational brief from police headquarters, Lawson’s run from the law came to an abrupt end during a highly coordinated evening cordon-and-search exercise. Acting on precise intelligence, tactical ranks descended upon an address in Bougainvillea Park, Farm, East Bank Demerara. The target area was completely locked down, and Lawson was cornered and taken into custody without incident.
The high-stakes arrest directly connects back to the brutal slaying of 39-year-old Levi Williams, affectionately known to his peers as “Vamperous.” Williams’ body was discovered at approximately 23:40 hrs on Christmas Night, 2025, dumped inside a blue industrial barrel in an isolated, overgrown section of the Le Repentir Cemetery nestled between Louisa Row and St. Stephen Street. The horrific scene—showing the victim clad only in blue short pants with his head forced deep into the barrel and his feet protruding upward—sparked massive national outrage and triggered an intensive gangland homicide probe.
Case Profile: The Murder of Levi “Vamperous” Williams
- Estimated Time of Death: Sometime between the early morning hours of December 23 and the night of December 25, 2025.
- Primary Crime Scene: A suspected illicit narcotics distribution hub (“drug block”) located on Charlotte Street in central Georgetown.
- The Alleged Motive: Investigators found that Williams was accused by a syndicate of street-level operatives of stealing a missing firearm.
- The Execution Method: Forensic data shows Williams was tied down, restrained at the drug block, and brutally tortured and beaten with heavy-gauge industrial wire until he succumbed to his internal injuries.
- The Disposal: His body was wrapped in a blue plastic bag, hauled into a commercial minibus, and driven under the cover of darkness to the cemetery where it was abandoned.
The Judicial Ledger: Three co-defendants have already been formally arraigned in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court for Williams’ murder. They are Randy Mars (alias “Ratty”), Aaron Khan (alias “Tattoo Man”), and Jamal David (alias “Hundred”). All three remain remanded without bail at the Camp Street Prison.
With Kevin “Baby” Lawson now securely locked down in a high-security cell block pending his formal reading of capital murder charges, senior detectives emphasized that the case files remain wide open. Major Crimes Unit investigators are currently turning their full focus to a fifth and final fugitive whose identity is being closely guarded to protect the integrity of ongoing tactical tracking. Law enforcement officials are urging anyone with information on the syndicate’s remaining movements to contact the police immediately, as the state moves to close the book on one of the most savage gangland executions in recent memory.
