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Tailor found dead in Lusignan house
Fifty-two-year old Khemraj Harold was discovered dead in his Lot 340 Market Road, Lusignan, East Coast Demerara home. He was not heard from or seen since Friday.
The man, a tailor, was reported to be the only person occupying the two-storey house. Neighbours said that they would normally check on the elderly man by calling over or they would hear his sewing machine “vibrating” and know that he is working.
Kaieteur News was told that last Friday was the last day anyone saw or heard from him. One neighbour, Margaret, related that acting on a request by a woman to deliver a message to the tailor, she called
The house in which Harold’s body was found.
repeatedly on the man but got no response. Margaret said that the man’s brother, who frequently visits the home, instructed her to check the rear entrance of the house to determine if he was home and it was there that she caught a “funny” scent.
The woman then alerted the man’s brother who subsequently arrived at the house accompanied by police and after breaking into the premises found blood seeping through the ceiling from upstairs where the man’s already decomposing body was found in a chair in the living room. The body was taken to Lyken’s Funeral Home and shortly after the scene was investigated by officers from the Criminal Investigations Department.
Although the post mortem to be conducted on Wednesday will determine the cause of death of Harold, foul play has not been ruled out. Harold’s brother said that he discovered that an air conditioning unit in one of the rooms was misplaced and thought it to be strange.
Kaieteur News understands that Harold currently has a land dispute matter between himself and wife that is being handled in the courts. His wife is reported to be living some communities away in Good Hope, East Coast Demerara along with their two sons and one daughter.
One of the man’s sons and his daughter who were present at Harold’s home after his body was found were reluctant to speak to this newspaper. The daughter, speaking briefly, disclosed that she had not heard from her father in months.
The family is awaiting the results of the post mortem.
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