ANDRE Moti, 13, who was found on the parapet of 20th Street Foulis, East Coast Demerara, with his skull crushed on March 5, was laid to rest yesterday following a church service at Mahaica.

The body was at his aunt’s residence at Lot 726 19th Street, Foulis, East Coast Demerara, at midday before being taken to the Mahaica Cemetery for burial.
The teen had no fixed place of abode and roamed the community looking for food, work and shelter. He had been left with relatives after his mother died in an accident when he was just two years old.
His body was discovered on the roadway at 20th Street in the village and the circumstances surrounding his death, ahead of his fourteenth birthday, are being investigated.

Police reported that about 06:30 hrs on March 5, aunt of the deceased, Ramrattie Ronie, 41, of Lot 726 19th Street, Foulis, said that she was alerted by neighbours that her nephew’s body was lying in the street.

The woman said the teenager lived with her until early this year when he packed his belongings and left her house while she was not there. He has been roaming the village ever since, she lamented.

The lad is the son of her husband’s sister and she described him as a cheerful individual, who used to assist her with the household chores because he did not attend school while she was at work.

He is survived by a sister in Guyana, two other siblings and his father, who resides overseas.

Villagers said that Andre was one of many children in the village who roam about and do not attend school.

It is believed that Andre fell asleep under the truck which was parked on the parapet while he was under the influence and his head was crushed accidentally. The driver was detained and later released on bail pending investigations.

(By Michel Outridge)