Etwaroo’s
dead body was taken from the cell on July 6, 2004 after it was
discovered by his wife, Angela Deen, 33, who lived with him at Lot 5
Palmer Street, La Grange.
The woman told the Chronicle on Tuesday that it has been
difficult for her to cope with her husband’s death and she had to
secure part time employment to provide for their two
children.
She claimed that the Police have not contacted her since the
fateful morning when she visited La Grange station, taking a meal
and a change of clothing for him, only to be escorted to the place
of confinemt where he lay lifeless, sprawled on the floor.
Deen
said her children still ask for their father from time to time and
it is extremely hard for her alone to maintain them.
Several days before his demise, Etwaroo was drinking at a rum
shop, at about 02:00 hours ( 2.am.) on June 21, 2004, in company
with two women from the same village.
While there, another man sporting dreadlocks entered and one
of the women became afraid, because the latter suddenly appeared,
and she took off her two gold rings and gave Etwaroo for safe
keeping.
Etwaroo left his companions with the jewels and, the
following morning, at her request, he returned the jewellery to the
owner. However, she alleged that she had given him four rings and
demanded he produce two more.
When he did not deliver, as she expected, the woman made a
report and, three weeks after, a party of policemen arrested Etwaroo
and he was detained at La Grange station, from where he did not
emerge alive.
A
July 7, 2004 post mortem examination of his corpse revealed that
Etwaroo was dealt five blows to his head with a blunt instrument and
he suffered massive haemorrhaging, too.
Police reports, at the time, stated that Etwaroo had been
heard banging his head against a wall while in detention.
