The father of a 17-year-old, who died earlier this year from a suspected cocaine overdose, is calling for a full investigation of her death as there is suspicion that she was murdered to prevent her testifying in a cattle rustling case, in Moco Moco, Lethem, Region Nine.
Iana Ramsarran’s father, William Ramsarran, yesterday said although the matter was reported to the police shortly after his daughter’s January 26, 2012 death, no action has been taken. “Everyday her mother crying for her and we believe that we not getting no justice,” the man said from his Moco Moco home last evening.
He explained that the young girl, the second to last of his children, was at the time of her death living on a ranch in another part of the area with a young man and they only knew something was wrong with her when she was transported to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) by the man, who later called and informed them she was stricken with malaria.
Ramsarran later saw his daughter in the hospital, where she was in an unconscious state. She never regained consciousness. According to him, the doctor said she overdosed on cocaine.
Shortly after the girl’s death, a report was made to the police at Lethem and a copy of her death certificate was handed over, but the father said he got no indication that an investigation was ever done.
Ramsarran said that his daughter had witnessed the theft of some 50 head of cattle and was even arrested by the police along with the three men who were suspected to have done the act. According to him, his daughter told the police what she knew and this resulted in the men being charged and remanded to prison. But they were eventually granted bail in Georgetown and returned to the area.
The dead teen’s father strongly believes that his daughter’s death is linked to her being a witness in the matter.
He said that the cattle were rustled for a ranch owner in the area and he was trying to get his daughter away from the area because of this situation and to give her a new start in life.
He noted that he was trying to send the girl to Georgetown to work in an effort to get her away from the young man, with whom she had been staying, but the day she was expected to leave he begged her to stay and she agreed.
That was the last time her father heard from her until the young man informed a relative about her hospitalisation. “We just want justice for her. I know she just didn’t just dead suh,” the grieving Ramsarran said last evening.
