| Members of a Lancaster, Mahaica family are heading to neighbouring Suriname to recover the body of 23-year-old Clayton Jones, who was reportedly stabbed to death by one of his countrymen on Sunday night.Murdered: Clayton JonesJones, a fisherman, was pronounced dead on arrival at a Surinamese hospital where he was rushed minutes after receiving two stab wounds to his neck and chest. The incident occurred on a wharf, a short distance from where the boat Jones was working on was moored.His alleged killer, another Guyanese who goes by the sobriquet ‘Copper’, was arrested by Surinamese police as he was about to board a taxi to make good his escape.While Surinamese media have reported that Jones was killed during a brawl, family members have received reports that he was attacked after winning cash from a casino in the Dutch-speaking Republic.Wendy Jones,Cheap Nike NFL Jerseys, a sister of the dead man, informed this newspaper that news of his death was relayed to her in an unusual way by another villager whose brother also works in the Suriname fishing industry.“He came calling and I told my husband to answer the door,Cheap Jerseys From China, but the guy said that he had a message for me so I got up. He said ‘yuh brother win de lotto.’ So I ask he what he mean. He tell me that my brother went to the casino (in Suriname) and win money,” Wendy Jones related.She said that the villager reported that her brother was heading back to his boat when he was attacked.His uncle, Leonard, said that Jones left Guyana about two weeks ago for Suriname where he has been plying his trade for some time.He said that from what he heard,Cheap Stitched Jerseys, his nephew had turned his back on his assailant who took advantage of the situation to inflict the fatal wounds.“I hear he (Copper) just walk up to he and juk he in he neck fuss, den juk he in de chest, and when Clayton run, he fall down and hit he head,” Leonard said.He described his nephew’s killer as a bully who loiters on wharves and preys on fishermen.“Every Guyanese dat go over deh, he does tek away dey money and thing,” Leonard Jones said.Another sister, Wynette,Cheap NFL Jerseys Online, believes that Jones was killed for his winnings.“Me sister come early Monday morning and she start crying so I ask she what happened because I thought it was mommy (who was still at work). My sister tell me that we brother dead; he went to some casino and he gamble and win some money,” the young woman explained.She said that her brother was alone when he was attacked and relieved of his winnings.“Some people see and run and call he friends,Cheap NFL Jerseys, who come and try fuh tie he up fuh stop de blood, but he still dead,” Wynette stated.Clayton Jones, the father of a three-year-old girl, has been a fisherman since he was 14 years old.Meanwhile, Surinamese police are also investigating the death of another Guyanese,Wholesale Stitched Jerseys, who reportedly died by drowning on Sunday afternoon.According to reports, 51-year-old Ronald Amian, who two weeks ago came to Suriname from Guyana, drowned at around 16:00hrs on the day in question in Nickerie.Amian was fishing with his son when the mishap occurred.Information reaching this newspaper indicated that the men had their nets in the water when Amian jumped into the water to loosen the net after it became entangled with an object.An eyewitness said that Amian began encountering difficulty, but at first it appeared as if he was joking around as he waved his hand while in the water.But after he went below the surface of the water, several minutes elapsed before anyone realized what was really happening.The dead man’s son related that they were illegally in Suriname and he was afraid to call in the police for assistance. But at the insistence of bystanders, the police were summoned and a search for the body was launched.Up to late yesterday afternoon Amian’s body had not been recovered. |
