A 44-year-old security guard paid the ultimate price for protecting his employer’s equipment.He was strangled by thieves who removed six heavy duty batteries from land development equipment working on the preparation of a housing development site at Section C Enterprise, East Coast Demerara.Rodwell Cato, or Ronald Cato, called ‘ epper’,Cheap NFL Jerseys Authentic, of Block 12 Non Pareil,Cheap World Cup Jerseys 2018, also on East Coast of Demerara was discovered dead in the guard hut at the construction site around 06:30 hours yesterday.His hands were tied behind his back, while his feet were also bound and a piece of cloth was tightly tied around his neck.Initial investigations suggest that Cato,Deportivas Asics Hombre Baratas, who is originally from Buxton, put up a fierce struggle with the thieves, since the area around the guard hut bore signs of a fight.Cato’s fellow employees got the shock of their lives when they turned up for work only to find him lying face down in the guard hut.Saskia Graham, a female security checker,Jerseys NFL China, who was to take over from Cato yesterday morning, was the first to arrive at the site.“When I came here, I would normally see him outside (the guard hut), so I was looking for him and when I pushed my head by the door and I see him on the ground, I turned back,” Graham told Kaieteur News.Another watchman, who works a few meters away, guarding sea defence equipment, recalled that he would normally pass Cato’s hut every morning and would call out to him since he was always up and about at daybreak.But yesterday morning was different. “When I pass I didn’t see him so I call out, ‘Big man! Big man!’ I ain’t get no answer so I check and see he lie down tie up,” the security guard said.Cato had been working with the construction firm Mac Junior of De Hoop, Mahaica,NFL Jerseys Wholesale, for a mere two weeks.His wife and mother of five of his children, Pinky, said that the last time she saw her husband alive was when he left for work around 17:30 hours on Tuesday.She said that she received a call on her cell phone early yesterday morning informing her about the tragedy.She immediately left her home with her five children in tow and walked the two miles to the site only to have her worst fears confirmed.The woman was inconsolable throughout the time detectives spent carrying out initial investigations, while her children appeared oblivious to the fate that had befallen them.Engineer in charge of the site Sugrim Sukhdeo,Adidas Hockey Jerseys Cheap, told this newspaper that he too received a call informing him that Cato was dead.He estimated that the six batteries stolen are worth about $370,000.One neighbour, opposite the work site, recalled hearing loud banging coming from the direction of the guard hut on Tuesday night but since an overseas visitor was present in the home, they took no chances of opening up to investigate.Except for a dimly lit street light, the area where the incident occurred is very dark and many persons lamented the fact that only one watchman was employed to secure the equipment.Many residents of the Section C Non Pariel area were unaware that a murder was committed in the community and while making their way to work, were startled to see a large crowd and police surrounding the guard hut,Police employed the services of a sniffer dog, which led them several metres from the site, but nothing substantial was obtained.From all indications the perpetrators used a vehicle parked near the site to transport the stolen batteries.Investigators believe that the persons who stole the batteries are associated in some way with heavy duty equipment or are familiar with the market for such items. So far no one has been detained in connection with the incident.Cato’s body is at the Lyken Funeral Parlour awaiting a post mortem examination. |
