Cops suspect foul play in man’s death — body seized

HOMICIDE police are awaiting the results of a toxicologist’s report to determine whether foul play was involved in the death of a 50-year-old Chaguanas construction worker

Uriah Henry Guy, a resident of Enterprise Post Man Drive, Enterprise, Chaguanas, died at the Eric Williams Medical Sciences Complex (EWMSC) in Mount Hope on May 27 — two days after he was admitted after complaining of serious chest pains. Investigators told Newsday that an autopsy carried out at the EWMSC’s mortuary the day after Guy died revealed he died of complications due to septicaemia in the lungs. However, when investigators received certain information, they began to suspect foul play was involved in Guy’s  death and as such, investigators petitioned a coroner and were subsequently granted a court order, authorising them to seize  the body.

Last Sunday, police went to the mortuary of the EWMSC and seized the body, which was taken to the Forensic Sciences Centre, Federation Park, St James. Earlier this week, tissue and fluid samples were taken from Guy’s body at the Forensic Sciences Centre mortuary and sent to the nearby Toxicology Lab for further testing. Up to late yesterday, investigators had not received the results of these tests. Guy, who was originally from Union Hall, Rio Claro, was married and had children. Homicide Bureau investigators including Insp Fitzgerald George, Sgt Clyde Phillip and Cpl Wahid Hamid are continuing inquiries.