THE police in Lethem are awaiting the results of a post-mortem later this week to determine the cause of death of 52-year-old farmer, Clifton Clement of Hiawa Village, Central Rupununi, Region 9 who died early yesterday morning at his sister’s residence.

Information reaching the Guyana Chronicle stated that the man who was first admitted to the Lethem Hospital on October 2 following a trashing he received on the night of October 1, 2014 in the vicinity of the Takutu Bridge, Lethem, after being taken there by his sister. He was discharged from the hospital on October 9.
Speaking with this newspaper, sources out of Lethem who are close to investigations revealed that the man left his sister’s Hiawa home on October 1 and was heading for Brazil. He, however, stopped at a shop called ‘Yellow Shop’ close to the Takutu Bridge, and he was seen imbibing there.
However, rather than proceeding to Brazil, the man returned to his sister’s home late that evening and informed her that he was beaten by persons unknown to him. The man was taken to the hospital the following day, October 2, by his sister and was admitted and treated for lacerations to the head and right side mouth.
The matter was never reported to the police and the man was discharged on October 9. Sometime early yesterday morning he had a relapse while at his sister’s home and shortly after he passed away.
The police were informed of the death and visited the home where he died. He was then taken to the Lethem Hospital where doctors there pronounced him dead. The body was then taken to the morgue and the woman gave the police a statement on the matter. It was during that statement that police ranks were told that the man was beaten and was admitted to the hospital earlier.
At present no one is in custody and the police investigations will be guided by the results of the post-mortem.