Sascha Wil­son

Se­nior Re­porter

sascha.wil­son@guardian.co.tt

Rel­a­tives of 49-year-old An­tho­ny Sa­hadeo James be­lieve he was mur­dered by some­one he knew. James’ life­less body was dis­cov­ered by his 81-year-old moth­er at his Ram­nar­ine Trace, San Fran­cique, home on Mon­day.

Short­ly be­fore 4 pm, his moth­er, who lives next door, went to check on him be­cause she had not seen him for the day. She found him dead on his bed. Rel­a­tives be­lieve he was at­tacked while asleep and beat­en to death. James worked as a fab­ri­ca­tor and was the fa­ther of two and grand­fa­ther of four.  He lived alone. The fam­i­ly re­ject­ed rob­bery as a mo­tive since the house was not ran­sacked, his jew­el­ry and phone were in­tact, and noth­ing ap­peared to be miss­ing.

James’ moth­er, Ram­ragee Be­har­ry, broke down in tears as she re­called how she found her son. “I see he lie down on the bed. So I say, boy what hap­pen, what hap­pen? I see his head bleed­ing, ,and he is not an­swer­ing, so I say, oh God my son pass away,” she lament­ed. 

James’ son An­to­nio, 23, said he spent the week­end with his fa­ther and left on Sun­day evening. When he called his fa­ther short­ly be­fore 9 o’clock that night, he was in a bar.

An­to­nio said his fa­ther was in a tur­bu­lent on-and-off re­la­tion­ship for a year. He said that de­spite break­ing off the re­la­tion­ship, James would rekin­dle it and would say he was in love.

Ear­li­er this year, he said his fa­ther’s leg was bro­ken, he had re­ceived sev­er­al death threats, and last week he was at­tacked with a pig­foot. James, his son said, nev­er made any re­ports to the po­lice.

James’s daugh­ter Ali­cia, 21, said her fa­ther was a good man. “He was the best dad I could ever ask for. He was al­ways there for his chil­dren and grand­chil­dren. He tried his best with us.” She de­mand­ed jus­tice. “We have to get jus­tice. This can’t just hap­pen so,” Ali­cia cried.

Mean­while, in an un­re­lat­ed mat­ter,  San­ta Cruz man was killed at a bar in the area around 4 pm yes­ter­day. He was iden­ti­fied on­ly as “Ben­ji”. Po­lice said he was shot dead near the Vil­la Cruz Sports Bar, Can­taro Vil­lage, San­ta Cruz.