Family members of Captain Bernard Burrows, who was last seen alive 18 months ago, have accused police of "sloppy" case work and are calling for a new investigation into the circumstances surrounding his disappearance and death.

Some relatives suspect that Mr Burrows, 45, was the victim of foul play. They feel investigators did not pursue this avenue aggressively in the case's early stages, leaving many stones unturned, and a possible killer on the loose.

Unhappy with the 18-month long investigation, several members of the Burrows family are now calling on new police Commissioner Ellison Greenslade to look into the case and commission a fresh investigation into the matter.

However, Assistant Superintendent Bernard Bonamy Jr who took over the Central Detective Unit's Homicide Unit in January, said the case is being investigated as a homicide adding that the lead investigator has done a "remarkable" job.

"We investigate all (suspicious) deaths as if it is a homicide until we can prove otherwise," he said.

Mr Burrows, a boater who co-owned a landscaping company with his wife Arnette, is said to have left his family home around 5am on September 8, 2008. He was never seen again. He was reported missing several days later.

His family claims Mr Burrows disappeared on his 45th birthday leaving behind his cellular phone, bank cards, wallet, passport, his house keys along with his wedding band which they said he never took off.

On November 9, 2008, police found a skull lying on Spring Street in the Gleniston Gardens subdivision, off Prince Charles Road in eastern New Providence. DNA testing identified the skull as that of Mr Burrows. The family said police told them about the DNA match on February 17, 2010, 15 months after the skull was discovered.

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