A 47-year-old Linden resident was on Saturday night discovered dead in front his house shortly after he was involved in a confrontation with two females and an autopsy yesterday showed that he died as a result of hypotension and gastritis.
The dead man has been identified as Samuel DeSouza, a labourer of Lot 50 Victory Valley, Wismar, Linden.
The police in a press release yesterday said that the incident occurred between 9pm and 9.30pm on Saturday at Victory Valley, Linden.
Investigations, the police said revealed that DeSouza had an altercation with a female, who along with her daughter confronted him.
In a bid to escape, the police added that DeSouza ran through a track leading to his house after which two men informed the women that he was dead.
The police were summoned and upon arrival they observed DeSouza’s lifeless body lying in front his house.
A spear was observed lying on his body with what appeared to be blood on it. Three knives and a screw driver were also found in the waist of his pants. Blood was oozing from his mouth and ear. DeSouza body was escorted to the Linden Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
An autopsy was yesterday performed by Government Pathologist Dr Nehaul Singh.
Upon conclusion, the police said Dr Singh explained that the internal bleeding was caused by frequent movement of DeSouza which led to the hypotension.
“He (Dr Singh) added that this was also caused by the deceased smoking and consuming alcohol which was found in his stomach,” the police said.
Following the incident, the two females were taken into police custody.
However, since the autopsy has ruled out foul play they are expected to be released.
