Shawn Bobb who was wanted for the murder of his partner’s son, Isaiah Edwards, 19, who died on Thursday last, was yesterday charged and remanded.
The 27-year-old construction worker of Lot 252 Independence Boule-vard, Albouystown, Georgetown, appeared at the Georgetown Magis-trate’s Court where Magistrate Clive Nurse read the capital offence to him. He was not required to plead to the charge which states that between January 26 and January 27, at East La Penitence Squatting Area, Georgetown, he murdered Edwards. The matter was adjourned until February 11.
Bobb allegedly fatally stabbed Edwards, a construction worker, after a domestic dispute. He then fled the scene but was later captured by the police.
Bobb was arrested on Saturday evening following the publication of a wanted bulletin by the police on Thursday. Police ranks in Regional Division 4C went to a house at Helena #1, Mahaica, where the murder suspect, was arrested. The man was seen jumping through a window dressed as a female, complete with makeup and a wig on his head, a police report said.
Isaiah, who was stabbed on January 26th after intervening in an altercation between his mother and the suspect, died the day after being stabbed. According to his mother, he was stabbed while trying to defend her following an argument she was having with her ex-partner. He was stabbed in the region of his lungs and she was also stabbed while trying to protect her son.
Immediately after the incident, she rushed her son to Georgetown Public Hospital where she said her son was not prioritised despite the severity of his injuries. She noted that it took quite a while before her son was taken for surgery. In addition, Isaiah was said to have tested positive for COVID-19 and so was sent to the Infectious Diseases Hospital at Liliendaal where he succumbed on Thursday. According to Codisha, she wasn’t aware of the surgery being performed nor the transfer, until Thurs-day. Soon after her daughter was told that Isaiah had died.
