The body of a handyman was picked up late on Sunday night along the Mon Repos, East Coast Demerara (ECD) Public Road and it is believed that he was beaten to death.
He has been identified as Ganesh Roopnarine called “Brian”, 56, of Lot 134 Dr Miller Street, Triumph, ECD.
Police were alerted around 11.30 pm after a passerby reportedly noticed a man beating another with a piece of wood. By the time the police arrived on the scene, the suspect had fled with the suspected murder weapon. Up to later yesterday afternoon he had not been apprehended.