Berbice : Marlon Ramcharran an 18 lad was brutally hacked to death some time during the wee hours of Sunday morning.
Ramcharran the sole breadwinner of his home leaves to mourn his mother Geetawatie Ramgobin, 42, called Pamela.
The other child in the home, Naomi, is 13.
Ramcharran was a carpenter who resided with his mom and sibling at their 125 Tain Settlement, Corentyne home.
His lifeless body with chop wounds to his left side face, head and across his neck and back was found around 02:00hrs on Sunday along a street in Block C in the Tain new housing area near a minibus in front of a mechanic shop.
The woman told the media that around 19:00 hrs she asked her son to purchase food for them at Lucky Star Restaurant, in Portuguese Quarters.
He returned around 20:00 hrs with the food and subsequently left to go to a wake house at Johns. Her son never returned.
