Sophia stabbing stemmed from old grievances – mother of dead man

By LaWanda McAllister

The 23-year-old man of Guyhoc Park, Georgetown, who was on Saturday morning stabbed multiple times by his brother-in-law at D Field Sophia, was killed during an argument that stemmed from an old grievance.
Twenty-three-year-old Daniel Boutrin succumbed to his injuries two days after the stabbing incident. Bourtin was reportedly sharing a relationship with the suspect’s sister at the time of the incident’s occurrence.
Police said the now dead man was at the suspect’s house when an argument erupted over a bicycle that Bourtin had borrowed since December 2020. The argument escalated and as such, the suspect armed himself with a knife and the victim with a cutlass.
However, Police said that the suspect’s parents intervened and ordered both men to leave the premises.
Nevertheless, as Bourtin was about to enter a taxi, he was attacked and stabbed by the suspect.
Guyana Times visited the home of the dead man on Tuesday, and his mother, Shanesa Carter, explained that she was at home when she received the dreaded news.
“My mother called me and said your son get stabbed. I asked her who stabbed him and she said he was stabbed by his girlfriend’s brother… I heard somebody in the background asking my mother who is it you talking to, and she said his mother… l later spoke with his girlfriend father and he told [me] it wasn’t anything big. I turned and I said I hope it is a little thing,” the woman recalled.

The woman said even though she was told by his girlfriend’s father that he was not stabbed severely, she had a feeling that something was amiss.
“When you have a mother and child connection, you can feel when something is happening with your child… I felt a sudden neck pain, and a sharp pain in my chest and I said to myself this don’t seem right. I was uncomfortable,” she said.
Carter recalled that she went to the hospital and it was then that she was told that her son underwent two surgeries and was on a life support machine.
The young man’s mother said he was not showing any signs of recovery or improvements and subsequently died.
Meanwhile, she noted that her son had been having issues with his girlfriend’s brother for some time now.
She believes that the stabbing stemmed from more than just the bicycle that her son had already replaced.
“I am not here to tell the public that my child was an angel. My child was good and bad. He had a balanced life. He had brushes with the law and this later part in his life he had a big turnaround. Him and the girl did have a good relationship…” the woman recalled.
“People in Sophia went and show the girl brother a picture with him in bed with a member of the LGBTQ community from way back. The brother saw the picture and got upset about it. He told his mother how you can get an auntie man in the house living… I was made to understand that the father told the brother that his sister made a choice and you cannot choose for her but as a brother, he started to pick and nag at everything. The girl knew of his past and accepted him,” Carter explained.
Boutrin’s mother said her son and his in-laws had a good relationship, however, it was his girlfriend’s brother who was always causing trouble.
The dead man’s family said sometime before he was stabbed, he packed all of his clothes he had at his girlfriend’s house and took them back home. When questioned about this decision, Carter said that her son told his grandmother that he wanted to come back home to live but hours later, they got the news that he was stabbed.
The suspect remains on the run as Police continue their investigation.