Linden pensioner was manually strangled - postmortem

Linden pensioner was manually strangled – postmortem

Oct 30, 2015 News

Suspect, Mark Reid

As the police continue their hunt for murder suspect Mark Reid, a postmortem has revealed that his father, Andrew Reid, was beaten and strangled.

A senior police official confirmed that the postmortem showed that the 82-year-old pensioner died from manual strangulation and brain hemorrhage.

His son, Mark Reid, is the prime suspect in the killing. The ex-convict has not returned to his Canvas City home since his father’s body was found last Saturday. He was spotted in the Blue Berry Hill Squatting area and Amelia’s Ward on Sunday.
Reid only returned to Guyana about a year ago after his release from a Suriname prison, where he had spent nine years for armed robbery.
The body of Andrew Reid, of Lot 543 Canvas City, Linden, was found on the floor of his bedroom with a gaping head wound around noon on Saturday.
His wedding ring was missing, as well as gold chains and two rings belonging to his wife.
While the bedroom was ransacked, there was no sign of forced entry.

Indications are that the pensioner could have done little to defend himself, since he was infirm and his legs were badly swollen.
Esther Reid, the murdered man’s reputed wife, told Kaieteur News that she last saw him alive around 09.00 hrs, when she left for church.

She returned around 12.45 hrs, and found her husband dead. She recalled that his upper body was on the floor while his feet were on a bench.
Mrs. Reid said that she last saw the prime suspect, who is her stepson, last week Thursday. She alleged that on Saturday, the son had visited Mr. Reid, who was a Seventh Day Adventist, and enquired if he was going to church that day.

Mr. Reid reportedly told his son that he would be at home, while his wife would be at church.
Mrs. Reid said that the suspect had also visited his father on Friday when she was out. Some relatives alleged that the suspect was in the habit of visiting his father and demanding money.