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After spending almost one week in the Intensive Care Unit of the Georgetown Public Hospital, 22-year-old Natasha Johnson succumbed yesterday to injuries she received last week following a fire at Plaisance, East Coast Demerara.Reports are that the 22-year-old mother of four sustained third degree burns to her entire body while her boyfriend, Delon Gordon, 19, was burnt to the face, hands and abdomen, after a loud explosion was heard at the couple’s Plaisance Squatting Area home on Tuesday night last.Ingrid Delph, the dead woman’s mother, wept uncontrollably yesterday.Dead: Natasha JohnsonAccording to the woman, they were informed of the death after a relative went to visit yesterday morning.The woman said that the death had plunged the family into severe mourning. Delph explained that Johnson’s children, except the three-month old baby are now in the custody of their fathers.The baby, according to Delph, is still in the hospital and would be released into the care of an aunt who resides at Linden.Kaieteur News was further told by relatives that Delon Gordon is under police guard at the hospital’s burn care unit. He was accused of starting the fire that caused the woman’s death and destroyed the home.According to relatives the police are expected to press charges as soon as Gordon is discharged from the hospital.“I need justice for my daughter…She gone and leave four children behind,Cheap Jerseys,” cried the dead woman’s mother.On Wednesday the woman’s son, who is now in the custody of his father, told Kaieteur News that he was awakened by his mother and Gordon arguing. “I hear he and mommy arguing and then they start fighting…” the child told Kaieteur News.According to the little child, he saw Gordon throw a “watery substance” (doctors have opined that it might be gasoline) on his mother, then a lighter. “I see he throw de water thing on mommy then he throw de lighter on her,” the child recounted.In the presence of his grandmother and other relatives, the child related that the fire started to spread to the mosquito netting that he and his sister were under.The five-year-old said that he grabbed his smaller sister and ran through the back door. The child in other instances had told teachers at his school that he witnessed Gordon beating his mother in his presence.A female neighbour who lived a short distance away from the couple had told Kaieteur News that she heard the couple arguing late on Sunday night.According to the woman, she didn’t take it for anything, since they would normally have their verbal spats.However, the woman said that seconds after hearing the argument, she heard a loud explosion. |
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