Two days after brutally chopping his wife about her body over her alleged infidelity, a cane harvester was found hanging from a tree in a farm aback Buxton, East Coast Demerara, on Wednesday morning.
The dead man was subsequently identified as Dexter Yaw, 38, of Lot 74 Sideline Dam, Buxton. His wife, Yonette is nursing several chops to her breast and arms. Based on reports received, the man went berserk on Monday evening after his wife told him that she had applied for a job and that she was due to start on Tuesday. He was reportedly against her going to work based on past experiences, and an argument ensued during which he picked up a cutlass and chopped her.
When his wife fell to the ground, Yaw thought she was dead, so he left the house. He was not seen alive again.
Speaking from her bed, Yonette told media operatives that on Monday about 22:00h, she told her husband that she had gotten a job and was starting the following day. He became annoyed and subsequently repeatedly chopped her about the body.
The injured woman said he then left the home, and as she laid in a pool of blood, hoping someone would come to rescue her. After some time, she heard a voice calling out to her, but she refused to answer thinking that it was her husband returning to finish her off.
She managed to pull at the wardrobe and manoeuvre it behind her bedroom door, to prevent the man from gaining access. She said after the person continued to call out, she realised it was her son and she started to scream.
He reportedly forced his way into the bedroom only to find his mother lying on the ground with her breast slashed and hand badly chopped. He raised an alarm and members of the community came to his mother’s aid.
The woman was taken to the Georgetown Public Hospital where she was treated. She was released on Wednesday.
Yonette disclosed that this was not the first time her husband attempted to commit suicide. Guyana Times International was told by members of the community that the woman was constantly accused of infidelity.
Meanwhile, after Yaw did not return home, his family thought that he had gone into hiding, until his daughter who operates a shop in Buxton on BlackBerry Messenger saw a photograph of a man who appeared to be her father hanging from a tree.
The young woman, upon seeing the photograph, reportedly locked her shop and rushed home, but in the process, she saw the hearse coming out of the dam and thought the best thing to do was to stop and enquire. Upon doing so, she was given a chance to view the body, which she positively identified as her father’s.
Yaw leaves to mourn his three children and wife, among other relatives. His body was taken to the Lyken Funeral Home to await a post-mortem examination.
