Post-mortem examinations done on Simon Boodhoo and his children Samuel and Krystal Boodhoo found that the man died as a result of asphyxiation due to hanging while the cause of death of the two children was undetermined.

Samuel Boodhoo

The bodies of Simon, Samuel and Krystal were found in their home at Crane Housing Scheme, West Coast Demerara on Saturday. Police in a statement said that post-mortem examinations were performed yesterday at the Georgetown Public Hospital by Dr Nehaul Singh.

The cause of death of Simon was given as asphyxiation due to hanging while that of the two children was undetermined.

It was reported that Simon, 61, of Lot 18 Crane Housing Scheme, West Coast Demerara poisoned his two children 12-year-old Samuel and six-year-old Krystal, before hanging himself. On Saturday, Loren Banarsee, the reputed wife of the dead man and mother of the children, returned home from work and made the gruesome discovery.
She told Stabroek News that when she returned home at 4:15 pm, she was greeted by an

Krystal Boodhoo

unusual silence after which, she entered one of the bedrooms in the house where she observed her reputed husband hanging from the roof while the two children were lying on the bed frothing.

Barnarsee had said that she expected to be able to bury her dead husband and children tomorrow.