Pensioner’s heart failed – PME

Body tangled in mosquito net

A post-mortem examination (PME) conducted on Saturday showed that 91-year-old Siegsfred Fraser, who was found dead in his bedroom by his grandson on Thursday, died from heart failure due to high blood pressure.
The pensioner hailed from Itaballi Landing, Mazaruni River, Region Seven (Cuyuni-Mazaruni). Reports are at about 10:55h on Thursday, Frazer’s lifeless body was discovered his 26-year-old grandson, a porter.
According to the man’s grandson, he visited his grandfather’s residence but saw the house “tightly secured” and calls for the elderly man went unanswered.
As such, the porter forced open a window and entered his grandfather’s home. The 26-year-old ventured into Fraser’s bedroom where he discovered the elderly man tangled between his mosquito net and his bed. An alarm was raised and the matter was reported to the Itaballi Police Outpost.
Fraser was taken to the Bartica Regional Hospital where he was pronounced dead on arrival.