Murder charge against man accused of stabbing stepson withdrawn

…as COVID-19 listed among possible causes of teen’s death

A charge for the capital offence of murder has been withdrawn against a 27-year-old construction worker, Shawn Bobb, by the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP).

Bobb, of Independence Boulevard, Albouystown, Georgetown, had been charged with murdering his 19-year-old stepson, Isaiah Edwards, between January 26 and 27, 2022.
Police Headquarters had said that the teenager was stabbed to his right hip, allegedly by his stepfather. After the stabbing, Edwards had tested positive for COVID-19 and died the next day at the Infectious Diseases Hospital at Liliendaal, Greater Georgetown.
Edwards’s mother was also injured during the ordeal and had been hospitalised. No autopsy was done on Edwards due to him contracting COVID-19.
A Registration of Death Certificate, however, lists his cause of death as asphyxiation secondary to pulmonary aspiration due to a stab wound to the abdomen due to the COVID-19 positive test.
This publication understands that a decision was made last week to withdraw the murder charge against Bobb after COVID-19 was ruled a possible cause of the victim’s death.

On the night of the incident, Bobb allegedly abused Edwards’s mother because she had not finished cooking. Police said the man allegedly picked up a knife and began to attack the woman.
Edwards intervened and was allegedly stabbed by his stepfather, who later fled the scene.
Both the teen and his mother were taken to the Georgetown Public Hospital.
While there, Edwards tested positive for the virus and was transferred to the Liliendaal facility, where he remained until his demise.
Following the incident, the Police issued a wanted bulletin for Bobb. He was later arrested while disguised as a woman at a house at Helena Number One, Mahaica, East Coast Demerara (ECD).
When Police arrived at the home, they saw him jumping through a glass window fully dressed as a female — complete with make-up and a wig on his head.
Bobb was arraigned for the teen’s murder on February 3. He had appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts.