-wife regains consciousness

A POST mortem examination conducted on the body of 35-year-old miner, Kevin Dawson, found that he died from typhoid and malaria.

Dawson’s party decomposed body was found in his Cummings Lodge, East Coast Demerara home on Monday, with his wife lying on top of him. Police Public Relations Officer, Jairam Ramlakhan told the Guyana Chronicle that the cause of death was given by Dr. Nehaul Singh who performed the autopsy at 09:00hrs on Wednesday.

Ramlakhan added that the man’s wife, Cindy Dawson, 28, who was found in an unconscious state in the house by the landlady, is now in a stable condition at the Georgetown Public Hospital. He said the woman, who is a teacher at the Turkeyen nursery school, East Coast Demerara, has regained consciousness but appears to be in a state of shock.

She remains hospitalised and her condition is being monitored by medical personnel. It was noted too, that the woman’s body did not have any marks of violence nor any self-inflicted wounds. On Monday, the nursery school teacher was found lying on top the partly decomposed body of her husband, days after the man reportedly died.

The gruesome discovery was made by the couple’s landlady on the lower flat of the house at Lot 7 Hugh Ghanie Park, Cummings Lodge, East Coast Demerara.
It was reported that the man reportedly died between June 3- 5, 2017. He had recently returned from the interior where he worked and had been vomiting constantly.
Neighbours said that the school teacher’s friends became worried when she did not report to work on Friday last, and calls and messages to her cell phone went unanswered. As such, the friends decided to visit the house and contacted the landlady, who then checked on the couple and found the woman lying on top of the husband.

The Guyana Chronicle understands that the couple married last year and the husband bought a new car – PVV 8047 – for his wife in November 2016. However, on Wednesday last, someone had crashed into the rear of the car

Residents said Dawson was hardly home since he worked in the interior and returned only for the August and Christmas holidays.