Hundreds invade funeral home as Blanchard children laid to rest

Half of the crowd outside the Lyken’s Chapel, awaiting the end of the funeral service and the exit of those in the already crowded building.

Hundreds of people flocked the Lyken’s Funeral Home yesterday morning to bid farewell to the three Soesdyke children who were viciously slaughtered last week.

The three siblings, nine-year-old Belica George, six-year-old Joy Blanchard, and three-year-old Daniel Blanchard were laid to rest at Soesdyke, East Bank Demerara, more than a week after that fateful night when they were hacked to death allegedly at the hands of their father John Blanchard as they slept.

The crowd built up as the funeral service progressed at the small chapel at the Lyken’s Funeral Home and the