Guyana police questioning two people in the deaths of Wycliffe Bible Translators

Guyana police questioning two people in the deaths of Wycliffe Bible Translators
Tags: Parachurch/Missions
April 4, 2005

Mission Network News : Rich and Charlene Hicks had been working for the Summer Institute of Linguistics in southern Guyana near the Brazilian border. On March 30, the couple was found dead outside their burned home.

Although details surrounding their deaths are considered "inconclusive," local officials are investigating the incident as a double homicide.

The Hicks had worked for the past nine years with the Wapishana tribe and were translating the Bible from English to the Wapishana language.