POLICE are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a 70-year-old man who was found motionless in front of his Middle Road La Penitence home on Sunday.

According to information from the Guyana Police Force (GPF), Clinton Chase, a 70-year-old unemployed resident of Lot 148 Middle Road, La Penitence, Georgetown, was discovered dead around 22:30 hours, on the northern parapet in front of his home.
Investigations have since revealed that Chase lived alone, and had been deported from the United States of America more than a decade ago.

Details provided to the Police by his granddaughter, 52-year-old Michelle Ward, a housewife of Lot 114 Eccles, East Bank Demerara, indicated that she received a call around 22:10 hours that night from an unknown number informing her that Chase had fallen from his motorcycle in front of his home.

On arrival, the woman found chase lying motionless on his back, and the Police and Emergency Medical Technicians were informed. An examination was conducted on the elderly man’s body and it revealed wounds on his right side jaw, and left upper arm and chest.

The man was pronounced dead at the scene. The body is presently at Memorial Gardens Mortuary awaiting a post-mortem examination, as investigations continue.