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Dutch police release Edmonton murder suspect from Caribbean island jail

Dutch police release Edmonton murder suspect from Caribbean island jail, July 30, 2015. Global News/File

EDMONTON – Police say an Edmonton man arrested in the death of a medical student in the Caribbean has been released from custody.

In early June, Dutch authorities on the island of Saba arrested the man as a suspect in the death of the woman, whose body was found in April.

Police have not identified the man by name, but with the initials O.J.E.

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Media reports in the Caribbean have identified the man as Omar. J. Elkadry, who is 27, and the woman as American Kavya Guda, who was 24.

READ MORE: Canadian medical student suspected of killing fellow student in Caribbean

Both were students at the Saba University School of Medicine when she died.

Elkadry is in his first year at Saba, and previously graduated from the University of Alberta’s Dental Hygiene program with distinctions for his leadership and professionalism. A classmate told Global News he was well-liked by everyone.

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Saba is a municipality of the Netherlands.

With files from Global News

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