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Residents of Victoria Village, East Coast Demerara were thrown into deep mourning yesterday upon hearing the news that one of their youngest members had drowned. The victim is 17-month-old Jeremiah Murphy, who drowned while attempting to cross a “small” bridge at the back of his Lot 103 Victoria Village, East Coast Demerara (ECD) home around 14:00hrs yesterday.
The child’s mother was too devastated to speak to the media but his father, Ivor Murphy explained that Jeremiah was left in the care of his 15 year old sister when the incident occurred.
Dead: 17-month-old Jeremiah Murphy
“We have a double death in the family so all of us went to Belfield to help with the preparation for the funeral. Around 13:00hrs, we called a car and send the kids home,” the father of five posited.
He added that half of an hour later his wife called his daughter to make sure they had reached home safe. “My wife asked her for Jeremiah and she said that he was sleeping and she was looking at the TV…We didn’t call back but like my daughter fell asleep and Jeremiah walked out,” Ivor added.
Kaieteur News was told that when the older Murphys arrived home, they discovered the back door open. “My wife run to the room and see all of them sleeping but Jeremiah wasn’t there so she started hollering.”
“After I hear she hollering and calling for Jeremiah, I run straight to the trench at the back because we does normally use that bridge. When I reach the trench, I saw him floating,” the father said.
Fighting to hold back tears, Ivor said that he jumped into the trench and pulled his son out. “He was already dead so I called the police and they took his body to the mortuary.”
The toddler leaves to mourn his parents and five siblings.
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