A 49-YEAR-OLD resident of Blue Berry Hill Squatting Area, Linden was on Thursday found with multiple stab wounds about the body and the knife stuck in his abdomen in his home.The body of Mark Stellingburg, known as Dilon, was discovered by a neighbour who also happens to be a very close friend. Stellingburg lived alone and according to neighbours he was discovered around 6:00h on Thursday.

“If he wake up first, he would go across by Dilon, if Dilon wake up first he would go across by he but this morning when the boy go across he saw him dead with a knife in he laying on the floor in front and everybody start rushing and the police was called,” a neighbour related.

According to Inspector Chabinaught Singh, no one has been taken into custody for the murder and investigations are ongoing. This newspaper understands that nothing appears to be missing from the house and police believe that the perpetrator (s) had easy access to the house.

According to neighbours, it was only on Wednesday that Stellingburg’s sister returned to the United States. The man was an employer of Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC). He leaves to mourn two children and neighbours described him as a peaceful and quiet man who “doesn’t mix, mix” and they are shocked that someone would have committed such a gruesome act.