Teenager hangs
himself
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Richard
Boodram as a boy.
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Richard
Boodram, 16, of
392 Haslington Housing Scheme, East Coast Demerara,
took his own life by hanging early yesterday morning.
He
was discovered by one of his two sisters about 6:00h
when she opened her bedroom door.
He
was hanging from a rafter in the kitchen.
Boodram
was employed at Guyana Furniture Manufacturing Limited
and seemed to be himself on Monday night when he
retired to bed.
“We
don’t know why he did this and we had no
problems,” relatives cried yesterday.
A
rafter in the kitchen
He
had a little tiff with his seven year-old sister on
Monday night and was scolded by his mother.
Boodram
had confided in his mother about a girl he liked, but
said the young lady had shunned him and did not want
to speak with him.
Daywattie
Deonarine Vidanand
Latchman
Police
are investigating.
Wednesday,
August 19, 2009
