Mother: Adam’s killers better bat in the crease

This was revealed by his grieving mother Radica Seenath from her home in Tobago yesterday.

At about 7.25 am on Friday, Jotis, a supermarket employee was found dead on the beach in Mayaro, and, according to reports, his body had washed ashore bareback and clad in a shorts with his feet bound with what appeared to be the twine used to repair fish nets.

An autopsy is expected to be performed at the Forensic Science Centre, St James tomorrow.

Seenath, who is originally from Mayaro, is expected to arrive in Trinidad today.

Jotis’ last post to Facebook on Thursday night showed a bottle of beer in a grocery shopping cart. It was reported that he had gotten paid on Thursday and friends last saw him in a KFC restaurant purchasing food.

Seenath described her son as honest and hardworking who did not deserve to die the way he had.

“Up to now I can’t eat,” she told Sunday Newsday. “I know they kill him but justice will prevail. Don’t worry, little do they know that Adam is a Tobagonian and everybody praying for him. Everybody went to church this morning (yesterday) and they praying, so the killers better bat in the crease because Tobagonians getting together for Adam.” She said his brother Adam, 16, had asked Jotis to come home but he said no.

“He was happy in Mayaro,” said the mother of six. Jotis was the fifth child and first son after four girls and he grew up and went to school in Tobago. Having done well in school, Seenath said her son chose to stay in Mayaro when she brought him over four years ago to see his ailing grandfather who has since died.

“He could have gotten work in Tobago but he wanted a change and that’s why he didn’t want to come back to Tobago.” All her children live comfortable lives in Tobago and Jotis had his own place to stay, she further said.

Jotis’ cousin Beena Isaac, of Mafeking Village, Mayaro, told Sunday Newsday he had lived at her home for a few months after his home was destroyed by fire.

“He left my place after someone gave him a beach house to stay in but he would always visit me and even promised to spend Divali here with me. He was not a bad person but a hardworking young man who greeted everyone with a smile,” said Isaac.

Investigators said Jotis was not know to be involved in criminal activities and are continuing their investigations