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.
