Murdered: Lennox O’Dean

Following the murder of a security guard attached to RK Security Services, Chief Executive Officer Mr. Roshan Khan said that the company will take care of the funeral expenses.

Mr. Khan described Lennox O’Dean as a model worker who was always punctual, professional and dedicated to his job.

He joined the company in 1996 and was about to be awarded for his years of service, Mr. Khan said.

“I am deeply saddened by the murder of such a respected man who was on his way home from work,” he added.

The security guard was found bleeding from a wound to the neck on Regent Street, Georgetown, while on his way home from work on Tuesday night.

Lennox O’Dean, 59, of 83 Melanie Damishana, East Coast Demerara, was stationed at Beepat Store on Regent Street.

At the time, O’Dean was making his way to the East Coast minibus park as usual when he was killed at about 20:30h Tuesday night.

It is unclear what exactly happened, but some believe that he was the victim of a robbery.

O’Dean suffered a gaping wound to the neck, from which he was bleeding profusely when he was picked up by the police and conveyed to the Georgetown Public Hospital.

At about 21:00 h when relatives were informed of the incident and showed up at the hospital, they were told that O’Dean had died.

His daughter, Melissa O’Dean, told the Guyana Chronicle that there was a power outage in the area and she retired to bed early, but woke up around the time her father was expected home.

She called him on his cell phone and security personnel at the hospital answered the phone and told her that something had happened to her father and she should go to the hospital.

There O’Dean added she saw her father’s body which was already wrapped up. She was told that he had bled to death.

O’Dean explained that a month ago her father was the victim of a robbery when two men on a bicycle came up behind him and tore his bag from his shoulder.

She said he tried to put up a fight but was stabbed in the foot three times and collapsed bleeding until a public-spirited citizen took him to the hospital.

The police are investigating.