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Mahaicony poisoning tragedy…Police to send file to DPP for advice
The police are in the process of preparing a file to send to the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), Shalimar Ali- Hack for advice pertaining to the case involving the killing of two children by their mother on March 28, last.
Awena Rutherford
A police source informed this publication that the file should be with the DPP by Monday and based on Ali- Hack’s advice, 21-year-old Awena Rutherford will be charged.
The young mother is expected to face two counts of murder. According to the source, Rutherford will most likely be brought before the court no later than Wednesday.
Rutherford reportedly fed her two children half a pellet each of a ‘carbon tablet’ at her home, after telling a relative that she “had a surprise” for them.
Jabari Cadogan, 16 months, died at the Mahaicony Cottage Hospital, while his sister, four-year-old Odacia Cadogan, succumbed at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC). Rutherford had reportedly ingested a small portion of the killer substance, but survived.
While a patient at the hospital, a relative of Rutherford’s had told this publication that the 21-year-old woman’s overseas-based spouse had threatened to take the children from her, which probably triggered her to commit the act.
Kaieteur News understands that the young mother and her reputed husband were experiencing relationship issues. The relative said that Rutherford had also attempted to commit suicide in a similar fashion last December.
On that occasion relatives reportedly found her lying on her bed with pellets of the deadly rodenticide on the floor. Fortunately, the children were not with her that day. The relative had also said that she believed that the mother was in urgent need of counseling.
The relative explained that Rutherford had dropped out of school without writing her Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examinations after becoming pregnant. She also lost her mother to a terminal illness a few years ago.
This newspaper understands that Rutherford and her reputed husband had resided for several years at ‘B’ Field, Sophia. However, she later moved to her mother’s home at Perth, Mahaicony.
Kaieteur News understands that a few years ago, Rutherford’s spouse had threatened to take the couple’s daughter. At that time, the couple only had one child. Some of the problems reportedly stemmed from allegations of infidelity.
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