The police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a 47-year-old Venezuelan at his Sophia residence on Sunday night.
His son, 20, has been taken into custody.
The police said that Eyone Hernandez, a labourer of Lot 509 ‘C’ Field Sophia, Georgetown succumbed to his injuries after he suffered a stab to the back of his left thigh.
Enquiries disclosed that Hernandez and his son, who reportedly suffers from a mental illness, had an argument over food on Sunday around 23:30 hours. Enquiries revealed that the suspect armed himself with a knife and dealt his father a stab to the back of his left thigh, the police said.
A resident in the area told Stabroek News that he wasn’t at home when the stabbing occurred but his brother was and he related to him that a relative of the deceased man ran over to the gate and was calling for help. Leacock said that his brother immediately called the police after the relative explained what had happened.
Meanwhile, investigators revealed that an alarm raised by the victim’s wife caused the suspect to be detained. Emergency medical technicians from the Alberttown Fire Service responded to the scene, and pronounced the victim dead. Investigators observed one stab wound to the back of the victim’s left thigh. The deceased was taken to the Memorial Gardens Funeral Home for a post-mortem examination.
