Haresh Singh, the youth who was fatally beaten in what is suspected to be a reprisal killing after the murders of cousins Isaiah and Joel Henry, died as a result of brain haemorrhaging and blunt trauma to the head, compounded by compression injuries to his neck, an autopsy confirmed yesterday.
Police spokesman Assistant Commissioner Royston Andries-Junor confirmed the findings of the autopsy, which was performed yesterday morning at the Memorial Garden funeral home and crematorium.
Singh, also known as `Raj’, 17, of Lot 8, Number 3 Village, West Coast Berbice, was found dead in the Number Two Village backdam on Wednesday.
