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Suspect leads cops to cutlass in trench after murdering boy, 13
– two others detained
Three men, aged 20, 26 and 53, have been arrested for the murder of 13-year-old Daveand Sanchar,
Dead teen: Daveand Sanchar
whose lifeless body was found on the roadway at Plantain Walk Access Road, Triumph, East Coast Demerara, around 23:30 hrs on Sunday.
Sanchar’s body was discovered with a chop wound to the head about 15 minutes after he was called out of a wedding house by one of his friends, who is now on the run.
Kaieteur News was told that one of the three suspects has cracked under intense interrogation and led police to recover the murder weapon—a cutlass —in a trench yesterday. That suspect had reportedly pointed out the other suspects to the cops.
The 13-year-old, who would have celebrated his birthday in a few months, was murdered a few houses away from his home and just about three houses from a wedding house where his entire family were celebrating.
Police in a release said that investigations so far have revealed that Sanchar was at a function in the said village and had an altercation with some men over a female.
According to the police release, the 13-year-old subsequently left the wedding and returned with a cutlass.
A further argument ensued and it was alleged that one of the men took away the cutlass and dealt the teen a chop to his head. Whilst on the ground, he was given a severe beating with a stick by the men.
The teen’s mother, Sukdeo Sanchar said that she was not aware her son was seeing any girl. She said that her entire family was at the wedding in the village when her son’s friend called him out of the function.
“Less than 15 minutes after he left, someone run come call me saying that my son get chop and he lay down on the road,” the woman recalled.
She said when she rushed to the scene; she spotted the teen lying in a pool of blood—he was already dead.
The woman could not say what led to the chopping. She admitted that the young man who called her son out of the wedding, is known to the family, and visited their home frequently.
“I can’t say what happened and I don’t know why they killed him. He wasn’t a bad person and that boy (suspect) and him good,” the older Sukdeo said.
The woman explained that she took the teen out of school a few months ago because he was not performing well.
“He was going with his father to work and I said that I would send him back to school later down this year,” the mother of three pointed out.
Investigations are ongoing.
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