A US-based Guyanese man, who was on vacation here, was found dead yesterday morning and police have launched an investigation to determine the cause of his death.
The dead man has been identified as Andre Gordon called ‘Blackie’, 52, a chef of New York. His body was found at around 10:30 am yesterday by a friend who went to the apartment Gordon was renting at Station Street, Kitty.
The friend, Jude (only name given), told Stabroek News that he decided to check on Gordon after he didn’t hear from him over the weekend. The last time they spoke, he said, was on Friday night when he left for home.
“We call him yesterday (Saturday) [but] we didn’t hear from him. We came here and call out for him and didn’t get a response. So this morning, I came and call back for him and it was the same thing, no response,” Jude recounted.
He said that his instincts led him to open a door and it was at this point that he realised that the doors were not secured.
“When I push the first door, it open and then the grill door was open also…After I open the door, I went into the house and found him lying in the kitchen naked with blood running down his body,” the friend said.
Stabroek News was told that Gordon was found lying face down and at the time of the discovery, there was a foul scent in the apartment. It is believed that he died sometime between Friday night and Saturday.
At the scene yesterday, Gordon’s friends gathered and were trying to put the pieces together in a bid to ascertain what had transpired.
Gordon worked as a chef at Four Seasons Vegetarian Restaurant on Church Avenue in Brooklyn, New York. He was assisting his employers with the opening of a location here.
Stabroek News was told that Gordon had only been in the country for a week and was expected to depart last night.
Police were present at the scene carrying out their investigations yesterday. Investigators also reviewed surveillance camera footage from a neighbour’s home.
Gordon’s body is presently at the Lyken’s Funeral Parlour awaiting an autopsy.
