AN autopsy conducted on the remains of Sherwin Melville, 23, of Capoey Lake Top, Region Two, by Government pathologist Dr. Nehaul Singh  has revealed that he died from stab wounds to the neck.

The police in ‘G’ Division (Essequibo Coast-Essequibo Islands) are hunting  a 19-year-old labourer of Swan, Soesdyke-Linden Highway, whose name was given as “Ralph.”

Melville was allegedly murdered early Monday morning by the total stranger.

According to wife of the deceased, Joyce Melville, her husband was imbibing with relatives but left to buy cigarettes when he came into contact with Ralph.

She said the two men started to drink and her husband later took the teen to his home (Melville’s home) to sleep, a decision she was uncomfortable with.

Joyce said she subsequently told her husband that she and her two-month-old baby will be sleeping at a nearby relative. She then left her husband and the stranger in the house but decided to check on him early in the morning. It was then she discovered him lying motionless on the floor with his throat slashed and his pockets flapped open.