SIX teens are expected to be charged today for the murder of former University of Guyana Professor Parietdeau Mars, called ‘Perry’, 75 years.He was killed last Thursday night by a gang of teens who beat and bound him in his Prashad Nagar home. The teens are between the ages of 15 and 17. They have since confessed to the murder/robbery, and are expected to appear at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.

It has been reported that on Thursday, May 12, at about 18:30hrs, the professor was found in his home with his hands and feet duct-taped and with injuries to his head. The house was ransacked, and a number of articles and cash were missing. He was pronounced dead on arrival at a private hospital.

According to reports, the teens were known to Professor Mars. They were arrested after neighbours observed the group leaving the retired professor’s residence on Thursday night with suitcases in a car, and subsequently his wife returned home and found his bloodied and lifeless body in the house.

Less than 24-hours later, police arrested the six suspects and recovered the sum of cash, laptop computer, iPod and PlayStation that were taken from Mars’ home.
He was described as a very kind-hearted person who gave freely, and so people had nothing but good things to say about him, so much so that they are very upset about his brutal murder.
Mars specialised in African Studies at Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan, USA; having studied history at the University of Guyana and Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada.

He was also credited with developing an international academic exchange project between Africana Studies, the College of Urban Labor and Metropolitan Affairs (CULMA), and the University of Guyana.