Reputed Homeless Man Albert John's Mysterious Death Raises Questions, Family Seeks Legal Counsel

Much has been said, written, whispered, speculated and argued about since the untimely demise of reputed homeless man, Albert John. Yet, there are so many questions which have been left unanswered following a post-mortem that concluded John died from natural causes.

John’s family has opted to retain the services of attorney-at-law Verla DePeiza to seek further answers.

According to Commissioner of Police Richard Boyce, Albert John, 62, died on Sunday, November 3. A day earlier, he was involved in a heated exchange with relative Andre Allen, in Bridgetown, about a missing bag of money. During their argument, an unknown individual struck John in his back with a piece of wood. John ran off and was chased by the person.

The homeless man was treated at the hospital and doctors said there were superficial injuries on his hands, thigh and side. He was told to return for treatment in a week but he never did.

A week after the incident, John was found lying on White Park Road and an ambulance was summoned. The emergency personnel noted there were some healing wounds on the body. John said he was in pain and his groin and penis were hurting. At the hospital, while being examined, John said he was having difficulty breathing. The medical personnel noted his glucose level was very low. He went into cardiac arrest and passed away.

On November 13, a post-mortem was conducted and according to Commissioner Boyce, it confirmed there were some healing wounds. But the significant things that came out from the examination of the body were an enlarged scrotum and penis. He also had a very tender stomach and it was found that he had tremendous inflammation in the body.

Commissioner Boyce said at a press conference earlier in the week: “The intestines, the scrotum area, those areas were starting to decay. The post-mortem continued and the whole body was photographed, scratches and other things were noted, and the pathologist came to the conclusion, having examined the body, that there was heavy, heavy evidence of gangrene, sepsis [blood poisoning] and other conditions relating to decaying aspects of his body.”

The conclusion was that John’s death was related to those things.

With reports that John had been beaten before his death, Commissioner Boyce also addressed that issue: “These injuries were deemed as non-life threatening in that they were not that grave or serious in terms of his mental condition and health condition because they were not of the magnitude that could have brought on the death of the deceased.”