A POST-mortem carried out on the remains of Eulenea Charles of the North West District has found that she died of pneumonia. This was revealed by Crime Chief Wendell Blanhum, while responding to questions from the media.
The crime boss also told reporters that from the look of things, the woman’s three-month-old baby died of starvation, which suggests that after the woman had died, the baby was left starved.

He was quick to note, however, that the post-mortem results for the cause of death of the child were inconclusive, but the signs of starvation were evident as was reported by the pathologists.
Last Friday evening, the decomposed bodies of the woman and her child were removed from their home at Lot 408 Section 3 Block ‘Y’ Golden Grove, East Bank Demerara, after persons in the area called in the police.
The police were called in after the woman and the child had not been seen for days,while an unbearable stench emanated from the building which was tightly shut.
The woman’s spouse was not usually at home, since he works in the interior and would come out periodically, spend some time and then return to the hinterland.
The house was being rented by the couple from a man who resides outside of Guyana, and who, after learning of the development at the house, has since travelled back home to put things in order.
Persons in the area said that the woman was not one who mixed with others in the community, and that very little was known of her.
At the time that the bodies were discovered, no one in the community knew the woman’s name or that of the child. It was someone who knew the owner of the property who telephoned him and there they were given basic information with respect to where the woman might have come from and to whom she is related.
This publication was able to confirm the woman’s identity by Monday, after a relative contacted this newspaper to disclose the woman’s name and some other personal information about her.
This newspaper was also directed to her Facebook page, where pictures of her, the baby and her spouse were posted. Her last Facebook posting was done in June of this year.
Eulenea Charles, who was of Amerindian ancestry, hailed from the interior location of Mabaruma, North West District, Region 1 and recently gave birth to her latest baby.
Her spouse’s name was listed as Selvon Charter. A check through the man’s Facebook Page found that he also has photographs posted of the now dead woman and child as he referred to them as his loving and beautiful family. The man’s last Facebook post was on June 17, 2015.
Eulenea’s right forearm bore a tattoo with some art work and the letter P.
Because of the advanced state of decomposition, crime scene investigators could not immediately determine if the two suffered any forms of physical injuries prior to their death or what might have cause their death.
By Leroy Smith