At about 2130h. last night, the police say that the body of farmer Khublall Gomes,
78 years, was found in a hammock under his home at Grant 1651 Backlands, Crabwood Creek, Corentyne, with wounds to the head and a plastic cuff around his throat.
His licensed shotgun is missing.
The body is at the Skeldon Hospital Mortuary awaiting a post mortem examination as the investigations continue.