Thirty-year-old Marissa Beete, the woman who was killed on Tuesday night had shared a two-year relationship convicted drug trafficker Ghalee Khan.
However, that relationship had recently ended, and the couple were not on speaking terms for some time.
Tuesday night he showed up at her house to ‘talk’.
What happened?
At around 18:15 hrs, Ghalee Khan, armed with a gun, showed up at Beete’s home at Parfait Harmonie, West Bank Demerara
He had called her saying he wanted to talk
She was home with her 62-year-old mother, who strongly opposed having Ghalee Khan come over
Despite this, Marissa opened the door and allowed Khan inside
To give the couple privacy, Marissa’s mother went to another section of the house
Shortly after, a loud explosion was heard
Marissa’s mother ran into the room and found her in a slumped position in the living room, bleeding from a gunshot wound to the head
Her mother held on to Ghalee Khan, but he pushed her aside
He then went behind a door in the house and turned the gun on himself, but he did not die
Both Marissa and Ghalee Khan were taken to the hospital
Marissa was pronounced dead
Ghalee Khan survived and was taken to the Georgetown Public Hospital
Who is Ghalee Khan?
Ghalee Khan owns Integrated Security Service and is a licensed firearm holder.
Police recovered three live rounds of ammunition, four spent shells, and one bullet fragment at the scene.
Ghalee Khan
Back in 2008, Ghalee Khan and Danvor Griffith were jointly charged with drug trafficking in the United States. They were tracked by federal agents after landing in New York from Guyana. They were traced to a location where they made a cocaine drop and were arrested.
Ghalee Khan was granted US$200,000 bail and instead of facing court, he fled the US and came back to Guyana.
While hiding out here, he became involved in different businesses, including the security firm.
He eventually got a passport and returned to the United States in 2020 and was arrested. In November of the following year, he was nabbed and sentenced to nine years in prison – for drug trafficking and for missing court appearances.
In September 2023, Ghalee Khan was re-sentenced in the US to 18 months in prison and returned to Guyana.
It was then that he started up a relationship with Marissa Beete.
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