–post-mortem determines

A post-mortem performed by Pathologist Dr. Nehaul Singh, yesterday, on the body of 17-year-old Bhaker Azeez of Lot 129 Third Street, Montrose, East Coast Demerara has determined that his death was due to a stab wound to the heart.

Azeez had been found on the Ogle Access Road, ECD, on June 09, 2014 with wounds to the body, and was taken to the GPHC, where he succumbed. The former employee of the Goedverwagting, ECD branch of Buddy’s Auto Sales had last been seen alive on Monday night, shortly after he had left home with friends for an unknown destination.

His grandfather, Abdool Kadir, 61, told this publication that Bhaker had been at home when a friend who also resides in the village came to call him out. He had left the home, but had returned sometime after.

Mr Kadir said he had overheard his grandson telling someone on his cellphone, when he had returned home, “I can’t make it now”, before terminating the call and going to the upper flat of the house where he had resided with his sister.

The elderly man said that after he had retired to bed in the lower flat of the two-storey house, Bhaker again went out.

He explained that the youth was in the habit of leaving home without informing his relatives where he was going and with whom, as such, they are unaware how he met his demise.

Bhaker did not return home on Monday night, but it was not until Tuesday morning that relatives began enquiring about his whereabouts, since he had left his cell phone at home. And it was that evening that they learnt via the television newscast that an unidentified body was found.

They decided to show up at the hospital mortuary with the police to see if it was their loved one, and their worst fears were confirmed following identification of the body from the various tattoos he had imprinted on his chest, the names of his mother, sister and niece and cross and a rose.

Azeez’s mother, Zabida Azeez, told this publication, yesterday, that her son had been unemployed for some time, until he had secured a job with Buddy’s Auto Sales, which he later lost, and was at home.

She could not say what may have transpired that had led to his death, or who would have wanted to harm her son, since she lives elsewhere; but she revealed that the family is seeking answers.

The grieving woman is hoping the police can crack the case and bring the perpetrator(s) of this murder to justice.

The police had reported that at about 20:30 hrs on June 09, 2014, a man of East Indian descent had been found with suspected stab wounds, and had been taken to the GPHC, where he succumbed while receiving medical attention.

The deceased has the letters A, N, D, Y in the form of a tattoo on the fingers of his right hand, and also has tattoos of the names Sheila, Falicia, Bibi and Fara, along with a cross and a rose on his chest.

(By Michel Outridge)