(Kaieteur News) – Police on Saturday arrested one of two remaining suspects wanted in connection with the brutal murder of 39-year-old Levi Williams, whose body was discovered stuffed headfirst inside a barrel at the Le Repentir Cemetery on Christmas night last year.

The suspect, Kevin Lawson, also called “Baby” and known as Edgar Lawson, 33, was captured during a police cordon-and-search exercise conducted between 6:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. at Bougainvillea Park, Farm, East Bank Demerara.

Lawson had been on the run since the killing of Williams, also known as “Vamperous,” whose body was found at about 11:40 p.m. on 25th December, 2025, abandoned inside a barrel at the cemetery.