‘Mariano came from a good home’: Mother clears the air after death of 8-year-old son
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The mother of the 8-year-old boy found dead at home on Thursday morning is clearing the air as many people question the “suspected suicide” of the T.G Glover School’s third grader.
“Mariano [came] from a happy home. You could tell them that,” the mother emphasized. “He came from a good home and good family.”
The mother, who did not wish to be named, spoke to the Tribune, expressing profound love for her children and refuting speculations circulating on social media.
“You have persons saying ‘check the mother’, but why would I hang my child?” she asked. “I push him out. Ain’t nobody help[ed] me push him out. I push him out myself. You know how much jobs I quit to stay home to watch my children myself?”
Mariano Chery was found by another of her children with a belt around his neck while hanging from the security bar in the home.
The mother said they watched television, but Mariano wished to watch YouTube instead. She then insisted that he watch another movie with her.
“There wasn’t an argument,” she said. “Mariano just wanted to watch YouTube, so I said Mariano, let’s watch one more movie. He said, ‘Mummy, I don’t want to watch movie. Y’all never let me watch what I want to watch.’”
Mariano retorted, “Okay, man,” then handed her the remote, and left.
She thought he went to make a cereal, but a check on him about ten minutes later would change her life forever.
“I wish I could’ve [caught] him in time.”
Mariano was transported to hospital but died sometime later on the 15th birthday of her older child.
Her other children are taking his death hard and are being assisted with counseling by the Royal Bahamas Police Force.
“They’re coping, but you could see they’re sad but don’t want to say,” she said speaking of her children.
