The relatives of a man whose body was found in a drain at Linden are crying foul and are calling on police to take swift action to investigate.
The fully clad body of 24-year-old Brian Anthony of 101 Half Mile, Wismar, Linden was discovered in a drain at Kara Kara, Mackenzie, Linden shortly after 8 am yesterday.
According to residents in the relatively quiet section of the community the man was found at the front of a resident’s yard.
“He wasn’t totally face down, cause we coulda see part of his face to the extent that somebody coulda ID he if we knew the person,“ said a woman who was on the scene.
According to others in the area, the man was full clad in a pair of black jeans and a white T-shirt and boots on his feet. But residents at Kara Kara said, “We ain’t recognize he at all. He ain’t from this area, that’s for certain.”
Residents said a thorough investigation should be done since they are of the opinion that the body could have been dumped in the drain. “Why or how come this particular street, in this drain? Something smells fishy to me,“ said a resident. This was also supported by his mother Carlene Livan, who was still in a state of shock when Stabroek News visited her at their Half Mile home last night.
The woman was at home in the company of an older son and other relatives and friends. She said that her son left home on Tuesday morning in the company of a friend. “He and that friend usually go out together, anywhere is the two of them,“ said Livan.
She said her son habitually would go out and return days after and so she was not worried when he didn’t return home that night.
A visit by a cousin yesterday morning caused the beginnings of discomfort and suspicion that something could be wrong. “A cousin come and ask if he come home and when I said no I was told that dey find a man dead in Kara Kara,“ Livan said.
The woman said an older son went to the Upper Demerara Hospital morgue and positively identified his brother. Anthony’s brother related that in the company of a detective who was at the Upper Demerara Hospital he was allowed to view just his brother’s face. “When dey opened de face I see it was my brother,“ he said, adding that he observed a bruise on the forehead.
The older brother said the police did not take any statement from him but said that they will have to speak with the person or persons Anthony was last seen with.
Anthony had recently returned from the interior where he worked.
Before Anthony was identified, residents had opined that “… he muss be drunk and wander off in de wrong direction and fall down and knock he head.” Another opined that the man might have drowned since most of his face was in the water. No form of identification was found on his person.
The street where the body was found is not regularly used save as a foot path and for large vehicles. Both sides of the road have drains which are heavily vegetated.
