A post-mortem examination on 74-year-old Hedley Williams, whose body was discovered two days after he went missing on Sunday at the Timehri airport, revealed that he died of natural causes.
Relatives of the dead man told Stabroek News that the findings of the post-mortem examination indicated that Williams suffered a heart attack.
The search for the missing pensioner ended tragically on Tuesday when his lifeless body was discovered in a clump of bushes, a short distance away from where he was last seen at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA), Timehri.
According to the Williams’ wife, Chandra Davie, she had returned to Guyana from abroad and was met at the airport by her relatives.
She explained that while Williams, a diabetic patient, stayed behind, the other relatives came to meet her at the terminal. However, when they returned to their bus, the pensioner was nowhere to be found.
It was then a search was undertaken for the man. It continued until Tuesday morning when he was found dead.
“Since Sunday, them children were out searching for him at 3am in the morning. It wasn’t until police called and told them they got information on him that they found him,” the woman lamented.
Meanwhile, the man’s son told Stabroek News that the footage taken from the airport security camera showed Williams walking to the bus park, which was the last time he was seen.
When asked about the subsequent discovery of his father’s body, the man explained that he, along with his siblings and other relatives combed the area around the airport looking for the man.
After another futile search on Tuesday, they decided to return home. He noted that it was shortly after they started their journey home that they received a phone call from the police, who said they were in possession of information regarding the missing man. In returning to the area, the man noted that they joined the police ranks in a search, which led them to a semi-isolated area a short distance away from the airport’s compound. It was there, he said, that they discovered Williams’ lifeless body.
Williams, a resident of 74 Third Street, Montrose, East Coast Demerara, would have celebrated his 75th birthday on Septem-ber 17. Williams is survived by his wife of 51 years and six children.
