Preliminary analysis of the substance found in the back seat of the vehicle where 25-year-old Paishnarine ‘Ritchie’ Hansraj and 34-year-old Justin Teixeira were found dead in the parking lot of the Marriott Hotel on Saturday, April 23rd, 2022, has confirmed the presence of cyanide.
In a statement this evening, the Ministry of Home Affairs said that analyses of stomach contents will be concluded at laboratories overseas to confirm whether in fact this substance containing cyanide was indeed ingested.
Autopsies conducted on April 25th failed to establish the cause of death of the two men.
The bodies were discovered in Teixeira’s vehicle, PAC 2607, around 00.15h by a hotel staffer. Teixeira was a guest at the hotel.
The GPF in a press statement had said that ranks of the Brickdam Police Station were summoned to the scene.
On arrival, a hotel worker related to them that around 23.30h last Friday, he received a call from Teixeira’s mother, who related that he was experiencing a seizure, the police said. The mother requested that someone check on him.
As a result, the worker told the police that he immediately dispatched another employee to check on Teixeira, who was staying on the sixth floor. However, his room was empty.
“The employee then went to Teixeira’s vehicle, where he observed Teixeira sitting in the driver’s seat. All of the windows of the vehicle were half-way down,” the release stated.
It noted that the employee then opened the front passenger door of the vehicle and discovered Hansraj, sitting in a crouched position. Both men appeared to be motionless, the police added.
After the police were summoned, the men were pronounced dead at the scene. There were no visible marks of violence on their bodies.