AFTER spending close to two weeks in the Burns Care Unit of the Georgetown Public Hospital for burns about his body, 50-year-old Linus La Cruz died last Friday.
La Cruz had locked his wife and four children in their Port Kaituma home and set the building on fire, killing them all in the process.Meanwhile, relatives of the man’s late wife are feeling cheated since they will no longer see him being brought to justice.
One told the Guyana Chronicle that they had expected the man to pull through and be made to face the courts for his actions.
The expectation was that he would be charged with five counts of murder and another charge of arson.
Last week, the police confirmed the man’s death, which reportedly occurred just after 03.00hrs Friday.
On March 14, the fire that the businessman set to his home caused the deaths of Lea La Cruz, 14; Lavette La Cruz, three; Labron La Cruz, eight; Levon La Cruz, one; and their mother, Lurlene La Cruz, 39.
Lawmen were made aware of the man’s intention by a twelve-year-old girl who managed to make her way to the police station and report that the man was planning to burn down their family home.
The police then travelled to the location, but as they approached the building, they saw that it was already on fire, and that persons were trapped inside the heavily grilled and locked house.
(Leroy Smith)