LYNETTE Taramattia Daby, mother of late teenager Dhanraj Latchman of 115, Lusignan East Coast Demerara has vowed not to take “a single cent” from the relatives of her son’s murderers or from any other person as compensation for what the two teenagers did to her son.

She made this statement during an interview with the Guyana Chronicle yesterday morning at her home, during which she said that when the two were murdering her son, they had no compassion; and as such, she is taking no compensation.

Latchman was the eldest of two children for his parents; his younger sibling is only 12. Mrs Daby told this publication that she was very hurt, and cannot bear up with the reality that she has lost her son in such a manner.

She said she really thought that her son was somewhere injured, and she begged the suspects to tell her where he was, but they continued to tell her that they knew nothing about the whereabouts of her son.

Mrs Daby said her child did no one anything, and was never involved with the law; as such, his death was unjustified. She added that her son was always smiling.

The grief stricken woman related that when she visited the police station to give her statement, she asked the two young men what they did with her son, and they continued to say that they knew nothing about his whereabouts.

The dead teenager had been school mates with one of his murderers, who on Wednesday night dumped his body at Parika Backdam after they failed in their bid to secure a market for his car.

What has the mother of the teen fuming also is the fact that when she was visited by one of the boy’s father, he claimed he knew nothing of his son’s involvement, and vowed that if indeed his son were involved in the matter, he should be made to face the full force of the law.

This publication was able to confirm that this very father found out about his son’s deed; and after discovering that the car keys and cell phones of the missing teen were in his house, he took a decision to hide them, and failed to inform the police that his son did indeed know of the lad’s disappearance.

It was only after the two boys confessed at the police station that they had strangled their friend to death and has his keys and phones at the Third Street Lusignan home that the police showed up and the items were handed over following intense questioning of the mother and father of the mastermind.

“But if meh been know that dis man had me car key and meh son two cell phones, it woulda be another day! It woulda be another day. Either dem woulda got to carry me and lock me up, because I woulda beat this man so bad what come in this yard and tell me but he nah know and he ah give me he sympathy and he know what happen!” the dead teen’s mother said yesterday morning.

The woman told the Guyana Chronicle that she is prepared to seek justice at all costs for her son, and she vowed to protest if it comes to that. He added that when she is finished putting her son where he needs to go (referring to his burial), she will be taking the necessary actions to ensure that those who murdered her “baby” are dealt with according to the laws of the land.

Mrs Daby said she would be taking no compensation because the persons who murdered her son cannot just do that and get off, or believe that it is okay to pay people for the lives of others.

“Me nan decide to take no money for me pickney murder. This got to go down! It got to go! How far me got to go for this meh ah go! Me nah take money for meh pickney life. They can’t kill my child and give me money for he life! They can’t take him and give me money. No one knows how I feel,” she told this publication.

In recalling the ordeal leading up to the discovery of the teen’s body on Friday night, his cousin-in-law related that they found the body about five miles from where his abandoned car was discovered on the previous afternoon.

The relative said that the spot where the body was found was not searched during the two days they had conducted searches for him, but he admitted that they did end up close to where the body was actually discovered; but unfortunately, no one saw the body on Wednesday, Thursday or Friday when they combed the area for him with search parties.

The two men from the same family who are being held by the police for the suspected kidnapping and murder of their friend, 17-year-old Dhanraj Latchman, of 115 Lusignan, ECD, were last seen in the teen’s white Toyota 212, PMM 9823.

The two told investigators on Friday that they were forced to strangle the teen after their bid to sell his car had failed. They said they had no option, since they had already told him that they were going to collect money, and when the car was not sold and they had no money, the only option was to kill the young man.

They reportedly drove to the Backlands of Parika and murdered the teen, and then drove the car back to a location along the backdam which is closer to the public road, where they caught public transportation and made their way back to the East Coast of Demerara.

The two cousins in custody had told investigators that they had hired their friend to take them to Parika, but returned later that evening. However the police held onto them after they each gave conflicting statements about what had transpired during the period they were with the man.
Written By Leroy Smith