9-year-old allegedly beaten to death: Suspect yet to be arrested; Police mum on update of incident 

Days after nine-year-old Levon Collins of Nurney Village, Corentyne, succumbed to a severe beating allegedly at the hands of his teenage cousin, the Police have yet to make an arrest, while the family is now torn apart. This is according to the boy’s mother, Lotoya Collins, who told this publication on Tuesday that the alleged perpetrator has not yet been questioned by the Police. Levon Collins, a former pupil of Kildonan Primary School, succumbed on Saturday – almost two weeks after he received a severe beating allegedly from his 15-year-old female cousin.

The grieving mother claimed that the incident occurred a short distance from their home after her son got off his bicycle to fix a slipped chain, but the cousin seems remorseless. The grieving mother noted that she has not reached out to the parents of her teenage niece, who she says is responsible for her son’s death.
Despite telling the Police what had happened and despite making multiple reports, Collins said she is frustrated that no one, especially the cousin, has been taken in for questioning. She insists the family deserves answers and that her son’s death cannot simply be ignored. “I have to get justice for my son,” she said, alleging too that the 15-year-old, who, according to a Police release, is a school dropout, continues to taunt the now-dead child’s cousins. On November 12, after sustaining injuries, Levon Collins was rushed to the Port Mourant Hospital, where he was examined, given pain medication, and discharged after an X-ray was done.
However, his condition worsened four days later, prompting his mother to take him to the New Amsterdam Hospital. There, the child was admitted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and later transferred to the children’s ward, where he appeared to be improving.
However, on November 22, the child suddenly began vomiting what appeared to be clotted blood. He died moments later. An autopsy performed on the lad by Government pathologist Dr Vivekanand Bridgemohan gave the cause of death as due to shock and haemorrhage from a ruptured spleen. However, up to news time, the Guyana Police Force (GPF) has not responded to requests for an update on the matter.