Body of La Grange man found with suspected stab wounds
Dead: James Stewart
Police are investigating the death of a 49-year-old man, whose body was found on the roadway at the junction of Unity Street, La Grange, West Bank Demerara (WBD) around 05:00 hrs yesterday with what appears to be stab wounds.
He has been identified as James Stewart of Lot 101 Unity Street, La Grange. Stewart lived alone and did odd jobs for a living.
The back of his head appeared to have been bashed in.
While some people suggested that Steward might be a hit and run victim, police sources said that some of his other injuries are consistent with stab wounds.
However, a Post Mortem examination will determine the exact cause of death.
According to information received, residents in the area who were going to the market spotted the body in a pool of blood and notified the police. Because the person’s face was badly damaged, no one knew who he was.
His sister, Cameel Stewart, said she had no idea her sibling had died. It was when she went to the market that she heard people talking about a body that was found on the roadway.
She was then informed that the victim looked like her brother.
“I went to the mortuary and that’s when I saw it was him. It looks like a murder, his face mash in and there was a hole in his head and forehead.”
The devastated woman said that it seems as though someone beat and stabbed him during a robbery. Residents in the area reported seeing the 49-year-old man consuming alcohol at a shop the day before his body was found.
“When he drink, people does beat him up and take away his money,” his sister said.
According to Stewart, she last saw her brother Saturday morning and the two of them enjoyed a “good laugh.”
“I was going home from work and the rain start fall so I was running and he saw me and telling me, ‘run yo fatso, run’ and I tell he that he laughing me before he come help,” she recounted.
The woman added that he then told her that he was going home since he already visited his two sisters in the area.
“That was the last time I heard from him but later that day, he went by another sister and then he went and drink,” Stewart said.
Her brother was never married and had no children.