Mom of slain boy, 14, wants answers

The service took place at the location on Brick Road, Oropouche, where Darian’s charred and dismembered remains were found among the ruins of a wooden house on March 20, 2015.

Christlyn shed tears for her son whom she described as a very helpful boy.

Pastor Winston Mahabir from the Jesus Deliverance Church conducted the service, and the small group of mourners, that one should not judge a person and say someone lived the life of a thief and died like a thief. He said, “Jesus is the one who can judge us and at the last moment the soul can call on Jesus and he or she will be saved and they can enter unto paradise.” He called on Jesus to look over the Nedd family and protect them from any evil that they come their way.

Linda Mahabir sung the hymns, ‘God’s Not Dead’ and ‘Ten Thousand Reasons’. Linda said Darian used to attend the Sunday morning service at the Jesus Deliverance Church on Mon Desir Road, Oropouche.

At the funeral, there were several youths who wore pink and white T-shirts bearing the words, ‘No Fear’.

Shane Singh, who was among them, said Darian belonged to a team of young people who wanted to do the right things for their community.

“No Fear means that we were fearless and we intend to see that everything goes the right way in the neighbourhood,” he said. Darian’s sister, Christine Nedd, said her younger brother went into hiding as he was afraid of certain persons in his neighborhood. “He returned to Red Brick Road, to prepare for end of term exams at the Siparia West Secondary School,” Christine said.

The Nedd family lived in a squatting area at the end of Red Brick Road, at the back of SM Jaleel Factory.

Police investigators had reported that Darian’s right foot and left hand were missing. Christlyn who sells oysters at Otaheite Junction, was not at home when the fire started. The grieving mother had publicly criticised the refusal of officers from the Oropouche Police Station to respond to her reports that she believed her son was a target.

She reportedly said, “I knew he was a target and I begged the police to help him but they did not listen to me,” she said in 2015. She has since rebuilt the house with plyboards for her five other children.

The boy’s body had been kept at the Forensic Science Centre, St James ever since as an autopsy revealed that there was no conclusive cause of death.

A DNA sample was taken from Christlyn for tests to confirm Darian’s identity the results of which determined a positive match as was revealed over a week ago. The boy’s body was released to the family this past week. A neighbour has since been charged for Darian’s murder.