The body of Dovan Sheppard, a Constable attached to the New Amsterdam Municipality was pulled from the Republic Canal at about 1800 hrs yesterday, hours after she had left to attend a wake house .
The mother of two, who lived at Alexander Street, New Amsterdam, never arrived at her destination, which was Lot 56 Stanleytown, also in the Berbice township.
She was subsequently found partially clad in her dark blue uniform trousers and shoes. A ring was on her right ring finger, while a hand bag remained around her neck. A black plastic bag containing peanuts and tortillas remained on the handle of her red bicycle