Body at La Grange… Cops suspect murder weapon to be a hammer

Jul 25, 2016 News

Two persons detained

Dead: James Stewart

Someone may have used a hammer to bludgeon 49-year-old James Stewart, whose body was found at the junction of Unity Street, La Grange, West Coast Demerara (WCD)’s Public Road last week Sunday.

That is what detectives now believe, after initially believing that they were looking at a hit and run case.

A post mortem examination on the remains revealed that the 49-year-old handyman died from multiple injuries and blunt trauma to the head.

During the examination, a hole was visible on the victim’s forehead. The injury is believed to have been inflicted with the claw of a hammer. The hammer may have also been used to inflict other injuries.

Detectives are also exploring the possibility that Stewart might have been killed elsewhere and dumped on the public road to give the impression that he was struck down by a vehicle.

Two of Stewart’s friends are in custody assisting with the investigation.

Kaieteur News was told that residents who were going to the market spotted the body in a pool of blood and notified the police.

Stewart’s sister, Cameel Stewart, said that after she was informed that someone had died and the person might be her sibling, she immediately went to the mortuary and made a positive identification.

The devastated woman told this newspaper that she believed someone had beaten and stabbed her sibling during a robbery.

Residents in the area reported seeing the 49-year-old man consuming alcohol at a shop the day before his body was found.

“When he drink, people does beat him up and take away his money,” his sister said.

According to Stewart, she last saw her brother the day before his body was found and the two of them enjoyed a “good laugh.”

The woman added that he then told her that he was going home since he already visited his two sisters in the area.

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