Former Chairman of the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) Hugh Denbow, who died on Monday evening, hours after his bound body was found in his North Sophia home following a home invasion was strangled, an autopsy has found.
Stabroek News was informed that the autopsy was performed yesterday by Government Pathologist Nehaul Singh who gave Denbow’s cause of death as strangulation.
Commander of ‘A’ Division Marlon Chapman, when contacted yesterday said that the investigation continues and no arrest has yet been made.
Denbow, a 63-year-old engineer was found in an unconscious state around 11.30 am on Monday with his hands, feet and neck tied together in the kitchen area of his Lot 1 Area D Plantation Sophia, Georgetown home, which he occupied alone.
Denbow was employed with Orinduik Development Inc.
While details surrounding his death remain unclear, this newspaper understands that the police were summoned to the scene after the manager of Orinduik Development Inc reported to the Prashad Nagar outpost that he had been trying to contact Denbow since Saturday evening but calls to his phone had gone unanswered.
The police then accompanied Denbow’s manager to his house during which the gruesome discovery was made. At the time, there was no sign of forced entry but a door to the house was unsecured and the house had been ransacked.
Denbow was transported to the George-town Public Hospital where he succumbed around 8 pm on Monday while receiving medical attention.
