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Summary

A Canadian Has Been Charged With Killing 3 Of His Family Members In Trinidad & Tobago

The victims were found with gunshot wounds to their heads.

Western Canada Editor

A Canadian man has been charged with the murders of his grandmother, mother and brother in Trinidad and Tobago.

Rakesh David was also charged with possession of a firearm, possession of ammunition, possession of a firearm to endanger life and possession of ammunition to endanger life, according to an October 1 Facebook post from the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service.

The 25-year-old is accused of killing Kumari Kowlessar-Timal, 77, Radeshka Timal, 48, and Zachary David, 22.

Police say the victims were found at an address on Don Miguel Road, San Juan, on September 24 with gunshot wounds to their heads.

Rakesh David was arrested on the same day and charged on October 1.

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    • Western Canada Editor Daniel Milligan was the Western Canada Editor at Narcity Canada. He was responsible for developing trending news strategies and managing a team of writers and editors. Originally from the U.K., Daniel holds a Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in journalism from Staffordshire University. Over the past decade, he has worked on major news stories including terror attacks in London, England, and Manchester, along with royal weddings, Brexit developments, the Canadian federal election and the Nova Scotia mass shooting. Daniel was a senior editor and newsroom leader at Trinity Mirror, one of the U.K.'s largest regional news websites. He would later move to Toronto and work at Yahoo Canada and CTV News/CTV National News.

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