Child in SSS cocaine tragedy out of hospital

Jamal Waterman

Jamal Waterman, the child who drank a cocaine-laced multivitamin tonic which killed four persons including his mother and brother, was yesterday discharged from the hospital.

His father, Wilbert Waterman told Stabroek News that the boy is recovering well and as such the doctors discharged him. He said that the doctors have told him that everything is alright.

According to the elder Waterman, his 12 year old son is talking and moving around.

It is believed that the child survived the tragedy after he spat out the liquid and drank juice to rid himself of the numbing taste. Former army officer Alex Blair, 40, his reputed wife, hairdresser Simone Price, 36, their son, Jahaquel Blair, 6, a student of the St Pius Primary School and a family friend Natasha George, 36,