The death of a security guard at a poker arcade in Dandan, who was found with massive injuries last March 16, has been ruled a homicide.<\/p>\n
Guam chief medical examiner Dr. Aurelio Espinola, who did an autopsy last Friday, had determined that the victim, Jim Nimwes, 47, a Chuuk national, died due to blunt force trauma.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis case is under investigation,\u201d said acting Department of Public Safety spokesman Jason Tarkong yesterday.<\/p>\n
According to Tarkong, police responded last March 16 at 10:01am to a report of an injured person south of JL Poker along Dandan Road.<\/p>\n
Witnesses told police officers and responding medics that they discovered Nimwes with injuries under a tree near JL Poker. <\/p>\n
An ambulance from the Department of Fire and Emergency Medical Services brought the victim to the Commonwealth Health Center emergency room for treatment.<\/p>\n
The following day, March 17, at 9:17pm, Dr. Florence Shenker pronounced Nimwes dead due to massive injuries, Tarkong said. <\/p>\n
Police confirmed via video surveillance that Nimwes was last seen leaving his work at JL Poker at about 5am last March 16.<\/p>\n
DPS and NMI Crime Stoppers are seeking the public\u2019s help for information as to who was behind the attack on Nimwes.<\/p>\n
Saipan Tribune asked Tarkong why the information was released only yesterday when the incident happened last March 16, but there was no reply from the officer as of press time. <\/p>\n
Two armed robberies have happened in Dandan in a month. No one has been arrested in both cases. <\/p>\n
Last Friday night, a storeowner and his wife were injured when a masked man armed with a machete and a handgun that is believed to be a toy robbed the 7 Star Market along Dandan Road. The suspect, who is believed to be injured, ran off with an undetermined amount of cash.<\/p>\n
Last Feb. 20 at night, a masked man pointed a handgun at a storeowner and sprayed the victim with pepper mace during a robbery at LZ Market, also located along Dandan Road. The suspect managed to escape with $800 in cash. <\/p>\n
The guard\u2019s killing is the first homicide case in the CNMI this year.<\/p>\n
Last year, one homicide was reported when 59-year-old Chinese farmer Liqian Ding was found lifeless outside his house in As Lito on July 16. The case remains unsolved. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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