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Albouystown man found dead on pavement
Residents of Albouystown made a shocking discovery on Sunday morning after one of their residents was found lying dead on a pavement.
Shawn Wilkinson 39, of Lot 63 Hunter Street Albouystown, was found with blood oozing from his nose and ears by neigbhours.
After the discovery relatives rushed the man to the Georgetown Hospital where doctors pronounced him dead on arrival.
When Kaieteur News visited Wilkinson’s home yesterday a number of relatives had gathered there to give their sympathies to his mother, Louisa Wilkinson.
Dead Shawn Wilkinson
According to the woman, she had last seen her son at around 03:05 hrs on Sunday talking to a friend.
“I hear he coming in the yard making plenty noise…..and I wake up and I told him he always waking me up whenever I sleeping…” she explained.
The woman said her son came into the house and she went back to bed.
Approximately two hours later, a neighbour shouted to her, that her son was lying on the pavement bleeding.
Kaieteur News understands that the police found pools of blood in the victim’s yard, leading to where the body was discovered.
Mrs. Wilkinson disclosed that her son had been suffering from tuberculosis and was receiving treatment from the Georgetown Public Hospital.
According to the woman, up to Friday medical field workers had brought Wilkinson’s TB treatment for him.
Meanwhile a senior police official told this newspaper that Wilkinson’s death was not being treated as a murder, since his body bore no visible marks of violence.
However the police are still waiting for a post mortem report, which is expected to be carried out on Wednesday.
Wilkinson leaves to mourn a son, his mother, six brothers, three sisters and countless other relatives.
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