Police on Wednesday set up roadblocks and raided the Valsayn house, where skeletal remains were found buried in a shallow grave, as they intensified their search for the suspect in that case.

A senior officer told Newsday the police service intends to release a photo of the suspect on Thursday and called on the public to share any information which may lead to his capture.

Heavily armed police and soldiers raided the compound at Butu Road, South Valsayn at around 2 pm and tried to kick down the doors to the house after they received a tip on the whereabouts of the suspect.

The remains, believed to be that of a teenage girl who vanished in 2017, were found buried in a shallow grave near a tree behind the home on Tuesday.

A male relative led police to the grave. An excavator was used to dig up the remains.

Newsday was told the suspect was at the compound on Tuesday morning but fled before police arrived to exhume the body.

Police also initially said eight children were found in the house on Tuesday but on Wednesday, relatives said only three children were at home at the time.

Police at the house on Wednesday said they received information that the suspect was hiding in the compound.

Three SUVs with police and soldiers turned up and searched the yard and the V-shaped house, which is divided into two separate living quarters.

The children live with their parents in one wing of the house while the children's grandfather lives in the other wing with another relative.

Police tried to kick down the doors to enter the wing of the house in which the children were found.

After a thorough search, the police and soldiers left empty-handed.

An elderly relative was seen sitting on a balcony on the other wing as police re-assembled in the yard before leaving.

Another relative in a black SUV entered the compound after the search, parked near the door and went inside.

The car in which the suspect was seen leaving the house on Tuesday was parked in the yard with the trunk open.

A video of the suspect leaving before the police arrived on Tuesday has gone viral on social media.

In the video, the suspect can be heard cursing someone inside the yard of the house and demanding they open the front gate.

A voice off-camera responded, saying, 'Don't talk to me. Go. Leave now.'

The suspect reversed but then drove up to the gate again and mumbled a scripture verse before adding, 'I is a God-fearing person,' and demanding again that the gate be opened.

The person making the video asked him again to leave and the suspect reversed out of the street and drove off.

Newsday understands the car does not belong to the suspect and it was driven back to the house on Wednesday morning by relatives.

While other relatives were willing to allow journalists into the yard to photograph where the grave was located, the relative who drove the car home asked journalists to leave.

Community 'extremely perturbed'

While Newsday was there, the narrow cul-de-sac became congested with traffic as curious