A 12-year-old girl was on Monday afternoon found dead in a hammock at a neighbour’s home that she was visiting. Dead is Ashley Iyanna Agard of Lansdale Village, East Bank Berbice.
Samantha Downer speaking with Guyana Times on Tuesday
According to the Police, the former Vryman’s Ervin Secondary School student who did not attend school on Monday was found in a motionless state in the hammock.
There are reports that a part of the hammock was wrapped around her neck. Her mother, Samantha Downer, told this publication that as she was leaving home to go to the hospital to visit her sister, she was summoned to the neighbour’s house.
However, the woman explained that although she was running late, she went over. It was at that time she was told that something was wrong with her daughter.
“When I go, I see her lying on the ground and I just pick her up and bring her home. She was not breathing. And my husband took her to the hospital.”
The young girl was pronounced dead on arrival at the New Amsterdam Hospital.
When Guyana Times visited the neighbour’s house on Tuesday, no one was at home but relatives of the neighbour remain tight-lipped on the matter.
However, Guyana Times understands that the hammock had a large hole and a 4-year-old was spinning the hammock with the 12-year-old inside.
The Police have since questioned two females as the investigation continues.
Meanwhile, an autopsy performed on the body on Tuesday gave the causes of death as “Asphyxiation due to Broncho-aspiration of Gastric content”.
It was revealed that Agard had hassar curry just before her demise and that might have caused her to stop breathing. The investigation continues.
