According to the confirmed source the lad and other family members had a heated argument the night before. It was noted that the argument stemmed from reports that the boy wanted to return to Guyana. "He told his mother that he wanted to go home because he was disturbed over a situation with someone from Guyana who was being harassed by immigration," the source said.
The source noted that the youth Yudesh Persaud was taunted by certain members within the community. "He is from Guyana so they use to trouble he and taunt he and I guess that may have contributed to him killing he self," the source said.
Sun learnt that when the boy demanded that he wanted to return home his mother refused noting that he needs to remain with her in Nevis. The boy reportedly marched off and it was the last time the mother saw him alive which the source said was about after 9 pm.
The source said that the boy was not known to have suicidal tendencies and as such they are baffled as to why the young man would take his own life. The mother was promptly hospitalized upon the discovery of her son. A medical source at the ---Hospital said that the mother was admitted as she was complaining of chest pains.
A young woman who admitted to knowing the boy said that she was still in shock since the incident is one that troubles her. She noted that he was constantly taunted by other youngster within the community who had indicated to him that he was not from Guyana and should return.
"I think that he had gotten fed up with the constant taunting and just wanted to return home as he never really settled in into Nevis. I guess that with some of his friends and even relatives being sent home many have caused him to want to return to Guyana," the woman said. The woman noted that there is a need for counseling of the child's colleagues and fellow country boys and girls in the neighborhood stressing that at the moment the tension is very high in Nevis among non-nationals.
According to a senior police source investigation are being conducted. This is the second suicide by a Guyanese since 2008 when a mother took her life by hanging in 2008 also.
