A former chemist was on Monday morning found dead at his Charlestown, Georgetown home. The dead man has been identified as 33-year-old Ceon Andre Barry of Lot 74 Alediade Street, Charlestown.
Information reaching Guyana Times revealed that the man’s body was discovered in his bedroom by his father at about 09:40h. While the relatives of the dead man are awaiting a post-mortem examination, they have ruled out foul play and suicide.
Leroy Barry, also called “King Barry”, father of the dead man, when contacted explained that he left home at about 05:45h for work and upon his return at about
Dead: Ceon Andre Barry
09:40h, he called out to his son but there was no response.
This, he noted, was quite strange since he saw ice in a container and thought that his son had something to drink and went back to his room. The aggrieved father explained that as he went into his son’s room, he saw him lying motionless on his bed.
There were no marks of violence and more so, there were no signs that he committed suicide. The father is of the belief that his son died from natural causes. “When I left home every morning I would call out to him and this morning was no different… I call out to him this morning and he answered,” the father stated.
He last saw his son alive on Sunday and they spoke later in the evening. He noted that as they retired to bed, everything was as per normal. Asked whether someone might have snuck into his home when he left for work on Monday morning and did something to his son, the man stated that he secured the doors as he does every morning.
Apart from being a chemist at Demerara Distillers Limited (DDL), he worked at the Tele-Performance Call Centre for a short while.
When contacted, the Police said they are awaiting the post-mortem examination to determine the way forward. Ceon Andre Barry leaves to mourn his father and siblings.
