No link between security guard, teacher’s deaths – Police

Kescia Branche’s murder

Questions remain unanswered regarding the death of the security guard who had reportedly witnessed the dumping of Kescia Branche’s body, but the acting Crime Chief, Paul Williams, told media operatives on Thursday that Police are not yet suspicious of foul play in the incident which led to his demise.
This is as the Guyana Police Force is yet to zoom in on possible suspects in the hit-and-run incident which later resulted in the death of Norbert Lamazon.
Suspicions are on the rise that the security guard might have been targeted for his statement in relation to the Kescia Branche murder investigation.
Reports are that the security guard, who allegedly had seen a car dumping the battered body of the Richard Ishmael Secondary School teacher on Cemetery Road, was struck down by a truck on Princes Street last week, and days later succumbed to his injuries.
In responding to expressed suspicions, Acting Crime Chief Paul Williams indicated that investigations have not yet pointed towards the direction of a homicide. Williams explained, “Yes, I learn that Mr Lamazon is one of the witnesses, a person who have given a statement; but, so far, there isn’t anything that really and truly will lead us to the direction in saying that (his death) is anything other than a motor vehicle accident.”
Investigations continue into Lamazon’s death under the jurisdiction of the Traffic Department, but Williams has highlighted that the Police have not yet discounted the possibility of a link between the hit-and-run and the brutal murder of the schoolteacher; but as it stands at the moment, such a connection has not been established.
“So far, (Lamazon’s death) is being treated as an accident. But if there is (anyone with) any evidence to come forward to say it is not a motor vehicle accident, and that it is foul play or something in the direction where we can see it as a serious crime, well, then we will go down that path,” he underlined.
The acting Crime Chief pointed out that the security guard was among the first persons to come forward with a statement in regard to Kescia Branche’s murder probes. However, he did not reveal the content of Lamazon’s statement, noting that it may later be treated as evidence.
Meanwhile, a post mortem examination conducted on the body of Norbert Lamazon on Wednesday revealed that his death was due to brain haemorrhage topped with blunt trauma. Those injuries are all consistent with a hit-and-run accident.