Linden teacher’s murder: Suspect found dead in abandoned house, die by suicide
One day after murdering the mother of his child, the body of 28-year-old Leston Baynes was on Tuesday morning found in an abandoned house at Blueberry H
ill, Wismar, Linden. According to Police, the man reportedly died by suicide.
Commander of the region, Hugh Winter said his ranks were looking for Baynes following the stabbing to death of 22-year-old Kelly Charlotte, a teacher of Lot 790 One Mile Extension, Wismar, Linden, which occurred at about 21:15h on Sunday night.
However, at about 06:40h on Tuesday, Silver Baynes, a 54-year-old businessman of Wismar, Linden, called the Wismar Police Station and reported that he received information that his nephew, Leston Baynes’s body was found in an abandoned house at Andy Ville, Wismar.
Shortly after, Police visited the scene. A rank examined the body, but no mark of violence was seen on the exposed part. The body was then escorted to the Linden Hospital Complex where Baynes was pronounced dead.
The body was then taken to the G Jetsto Funeral Home, awaiting a post-mortem examination.
On Sunday night, Charlotte was brutally stabbed 27 times about her body by the suspect, who was also the father of her child.
The couple was recently separated and the woman had sought refuge from the man at her sister’s residence at One Mile Wismar, Linden, where the stabbing occurred.
Guyana Times understands that the couple had a recent physical altercation, prompting the woman to get the Police involved. Afterward, she and her child moved to her sister’s residence.
While there, the suspect showed up under the pretext of wanting to spend some time with his child. However, as he was returning the child to Charlotte, the man whipped out a knife and stabbed the woman brutally about her body before making good his escape.
He was later found dead after hours of search by Police. (G9)