A POST-MORTEM was yesterday performed on the charred remains of 27-year-old Jason Munroe of 308 Parfaite Harmonie and proved that he was alive when fire was set to the home in which he and three others were present.

Speaking with the Guyana Chronicle yesterday, police sources disclosed that the man died as a result of smoke inhalation. The Chronicle was informed that the man may have fainted after he was struck twice in the head by the intruder.
The suspect, Clifton Joseph of Charlestown, Georgetown is expected to be placed before the court today Thursday charged with murder, attempted murder, arson and statutory rape, based on the facts which the police were able to gather during their investigations.
On Monday morning Joseph 38, of Charlestown and a minibus conductor allegedly set fire to the lot 201 Dairy Parfaite Harmonie home in which Munroe, his 20-year-old girlfriend and her daughter, a three-year-old, along with the a 15 year old following a home invasion.
After setting fire to the home, the man fled the scene and the three females managed to flee the burning building, leaving the man lying in the house which the suspect had doused with kerosene and set alight. Family members of the young man are calling for the swift delivery of justice for the loss of their loved one.

(Leroy Smith)