Bert Whyte

The prime suspect in the killing of Assistant Company Secretary of the Guyana Trinidad Mutual Life and Fire Insurance Companies, Bert Whyte has been captured by police almost three months after the incident.

Guyana Police Force spokesman, Ivelaw Whittaker said the suspect was arrested Saturday when police stopped and searched a minibus at Yarrowkabra, Soesdyke/Linden Highway. 

Whyte,45, of Phoenix Park, West Bank Demerara was fatally stabbed on May 14 in the Main Street/Tiger Bay area. 

His car was found abandoned four days later in Stanleytown, New Amsterdam. It was believed then that the suspect had driven the car there with a false number plate and abandoned it when he spotted a policeman. 

Investigators have already learnt that Whyte, who was also GTM’s  Assistant Human Resources Manager, was seated in the front seat of his car at the time of a scuffle with another man who was in the driver’s seat. 

Whyte met his death one day before he was due to submit his thesis for a Masters in Business Administration (MBA) that he had been pursuing at the University of Guyana.

The former Human Resources Manager at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) was also an actor.