Nineteen-year-old Isaiah Edwards, a construction worker of East La Penitence Squatting Area Georgetown, who was stabbed in his right hip about 18:30 hours yesterday allegedly by his stepfather succumbed at the Infectious Diseases Hospital, Liliendaal at noon today.
The Police say that the victim intervened when his stepfather began to abuse his mother who had not finished cooking. The suspect reportedly became angry and picked up a knife and attacked the two. The teen and his mother were both wounded after which the suspect fled the scene.
Both victims were taken to GPHC by relatives where tests were conducted which revealed that Isaiah had contracted COVID-19. As such he was transferred to the Liliendaal facility where he subsequently died. His body is presently at the Memorial Gardens Funeral Home awaiting a post-mortem examination.
His mother is presently hospitalized in a stable condition.
Corporal Henry and other ranks from CID Headquarters are investigating. The suspect has not yet been apprehended.
