Third child dies in hacking attack; dad admits crime (Guyana)

We've reported on this case before. Classic control freak, violent father. Dad JOHN BLANCHARD literally hacked these kids to death because he was mad: Mom worked out of town and (presumably) wouldn't come home, see. Well, at least that's Daddy's cover story. And it gets even crazier from there....

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Third child in Soesdyke hacking dies


Written by Demerara Waves
Saturday, 15 October 2011 13:43

The third child in this week’s horrific Soesdyke chopping incident has died of her wounds at the Georgetown Public Hospital where she was admitted in a critical condition on Tuesday.

The hospital in a release Saturday said Joy Blanchard, 7, of 46 Princess Street, Wortmanville succumbed to her injuries around 00:10h in the Intensive Care Unit the same day.

Her siblings Belika Blanchard, 9, and Daniel Blanchard, 5, were allegedly killed by their father John Blanchard, 31 Tuesday.

The children were allegedly fatally chopped about their bodies by Blanchard at their Soesdyke home. Police believe that the man engaged in a pre-meditated act, having admitted to telling investigators that he had threatened to commit the act.

He had also said that he had called relatives, telling them what he had done.

He was Friday charged with the murders of Belika and Daniel and remanded to prison until November 1 by Chief Magistrate, Priya Sewnarine-Beharry.

The man, a boiled-corn vendor, told investigators that his wife left their home at Dr. Charles New Housing Scheme, Soesdyke to work in Mahdia.

Police Chief of Criminal Investigations, Assistant Commissioner, Seelall Persaud said the man has so far told investigators that he had made a few calls to her but she refused to return home.

John Blanchard recounted to investigators that when he told his wife that he would kill the children, she gave him the green-light to do so, Persaud told Demerara Waves Online News ( www.demwaves.com )

Persaud said they want to contact the wife, Onicka Blanchard, to ascertain to cross-reference his version of the disagreement, the motives and whether they had experienced economic difficulties.