…famed for disrupting NA court proceedings
THE skeletal remains discovered in an unoccupied house at High and Princes Street, Georgetown early last month have been confirmed as that of New Amsterdam resident David Williams, called ‘Dog Face’ or ‘Dew Fish’.
The confirmation was made possible through DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) testing, after samples were extracted from relatives of his.
Following the confirmation, the body was handed over to his mother, Linda Bagot, and a funeral service was held on Wednesday afternoon at the Lyken’s Funeral Home in Georgetown.
Williams, of Plantation Mount Sinai, commonly referred to as Angoy’s Avenue, New Amsterdam, was not seen or heard from since June 1.
According to his sister, Tonica Williams, he had telephoned once saying he was going to drop by for “a pants and a shirt”, but never did.
The 39-year-old repeated offender, whose criminal career started since he was a juvenile, was famed in his hometown New Amsterdam for disrupting court proceedings and threatening police officers. Back in 2011, a Magistrate had to flee to her chambers, as Williams created such ruckus in the New Amsterdam Court that she didn’t feel safe being in the same room as he.
Although he was charged and imprisoned for offences ranging from robbery-under-arms, larceny-from-the person, larceny and robbery, Williams never pleaded guilty to any of the charges, preferring to argue that they were all ‘trumped up’ against him.
On June 3, at about 07:30 hrs, Charles Cornelius, a Security Guard on duty at the Infinity Gas Station on High and Princes Street, Georgetown reported smelling an obnoxious scent coming from the building across the road.
As a result, ranks along with a team from the Crime Lab, at Eve Leary, Georgetown visited the location where they observed a two-storey wooden and concrete structure. On entering the building, they saw the skeletal remains of a human, and took them to the Lyken Funeral Home on John and Norton Streets, Newburg.
Williams’ relatives had initially claimed that the remains were his, based on a necklace and wristband he was wearing at the time, and information gleaned from his associates.
At the time, however, police spokesperson, Senior Superintendent Jairam Ramlakhan had denied any knowledge of an identity.
