A cutlass-wielding drug addict went berserk Friday morning and chopped his three year-old son and wife to death at their Crane, West Coast Demerara home.
The woman and her son a few months back
The construction worker carried out the brutal attack at about 06:00h, leaving his little son Christopher Ganesh and wife Vanessa Sookram dead. His mother Jennifer Montizore was also injured and her condition has been listed as serious. Her right-hand was severed as well as her fingers on the left hand.
Reports are that the child was found on the bed while his mother was covered in blood on the floor in the shack in which they lived. The child was chopped in his abdomen while his mother was chopped some 20 times.
After committing the act, the suspect, Suresh Ganesh, 29, escaped from the scene and went to another relative at Pouderoyen, West Bank Demerara, where he related what occurred. The relative then attempted to get Ganesh to surrender but he too was attacked and injured.
The Police were summoned and upon approaching the suspect, they were attacked by the man who was carrying a cutlass. In retaliation, the Police discharged a round hitting him to the hip.
He was taken to the West Demerara Regional Hospital where he was treated and taken into custody.
When Guyana Times arrived at the scene, the small shack was cordoned off. Blood stains were seen on the grass and sand in the yard.
Ronald Willis, a relative of the murder suspect explained that at about 06:00h, Ganesh called out to his mother, who resides in the front house and asked her to bring over bread and a cup of tea. The mother prepared the breakfast and walked over to the man’s house.
As she entered through the front door, the man launched his attack.
The woman was chopped to the hand but she managed to escape. “As we de walking out with he mother, he run behind we and chopped off she hand and pelt another chop and tek off she fingers from the other hand…”, Willis stated.
He added that the woman was rushed to the West Demerara Regional Hospital and was admitted.
“While dem carrying she to the hospital, we went back to the house to see what going on but when he reach we nah see he so as we push the door open, we see the lil boy lying on the bed with his guts outside… he wife was on the ground and full ah blood.”
Upon realising that both mother and son were dead, they contacted the Police. Both the woman and the child were taken to the WDRH where they were pronounced dead on arrival.
Ganesh and Sookram have been together for the past seven years and their union resulted in two children. The other child was at a relative’s house nearby. The couple, Guyana Times understands would have regular arguments.
At the home of the dead woman’s parents, they refused to comment on the death of the young lady and the child. A source recalled that her family never agreed to the union and as such, they distanced themselves.
While the motive for the attack has not been established, persons in the neighbourhood told Guyana Times that the young man is a nuisance. One man, who asked to remain anonymous, explained it was due to his attitude and bad behaviour, that the now dead woman’s relatives were sceptical about the relationship. (Bhisham Mohamed)
