The nine-year-old boy who police suspected died as a result of a necromancy ritual gone wrong choked on his own blood his autopsy revealed. Police said Abayomi Jeremiah, a pupil of the of the Tunapuna Roman Catholic School, died of asphyxiation due to blood aspiration. A toxicology report has been ordered to determine what caused the child to aspirate blood in the first place.
His body bore no marks of violence and there was candle wax on he boy’s head and left ear.
At the Forensic Science Centre, St James, yesterday relatives of Jeremiah refused to speak with the media and was allowed to pass through the undertakers’ exit to avoid media cameras. According to police, Jeremiah was found motionless in a bedroom at his Alexander Street, Longdenville, home around 11.30 pm on Friday by his mother, Ingrid Francis. Police have questioned a teenage relative who was seen clutching a lit candle and acting strangely after the child was found. The girl, who is currently receiving counseling, has been released by police.
Police said Francis was alerted by the smell of smoke coming from a bedroom in the family’s home, which is a few minutes away from the Longdenville Police Station.
When Francis checked she found Jeremiah’s 12-year-old sister with her hair and a wardrobe on fire.Francis reportedly put out the fire and went to check on Jeremiah.
When she found the child unresponsive she contacted the police and took him to the Chaguanas District Health Facility where he was pronounced dead on arrival. Police are continuing their investigation.