Aishalton teen allegedly dragged from bed, strangled to death

A 13-year-old girl identified as Amanda Smith, a former student of Aishalton Secondary School in Region Nine (Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo), met her demise after allegedly being dragged out of her bed in the dead of night and strangled to death by unknown assailants.
The incident allegedly took place on Friday, April 21, at around 20:00h, and family members are struggling to come to terms with this heinous crime that has been committed against one of their members.
According to reports reaching Guyana Times, family members were asleep when the perpetrators reportedly broke into their home, made their way to the teen’s bedroom, and forcefully removed her from her bed.
The girl’s little sister was the first to notice that something was amiss. She reportedly woke up and went looking for her sister, only to find her lying lifeless in the yard. The little girl immediately summoned her older brother, who rushed to the scene and discovered that his sister was dead.
“The sister said that after she didn’t see her big sister, she heard some noise, and then she went outside and saw her sister lying in the yard. She claimed she saw two men running away from the scene…the big brother said he didn’t hear anything… By the time people came, the child was already dead,” a source told this publication.
The source also related that, since the incident, there has been no proper investigation done by the Police, and they hope that justice would be served to the family soon.
Contacted on Friday, April 28, Commander Raphael Rose said the Police are aware of the death of the 13-year-old, who is believed to have died unnaturally. However, he said, he could not divulge any other information until a post-mortem is conducted on the teen’s body.
“We are still waiting to do the PM, to know the cause of death. But there is no suspected rape that was reported…there are no suspected marks of violence on the outer parts of the body; and for now, we are awaiting the PM, which should be done on Tuesday,” he told Guyana Times. In the meantime, he added, investigations are continuing. (G-9)