Linden mother, toddler succumb after poisoning

Temecia Sampson

A young Linden woman has ended her life and the life of her six-month-old son.

Twenty-four-year-old Temecia Sampson, of Wisroc Housing Scheme, Linden, succumbed on Sunday morning, three days after she ingested a poisonous substance, which she also reportedly gave to her two children. Her son, six-month-old son Malique Newton, succumbed yesterday morning at the Georgetown Public Hospital’s Intensive Care Unit.

The woman’s surviving daughter remains hospitalised and she is being monitored.