The man who was found dead on Sunday morning at Loo Creek, on the Linden/ Soesdyke highway, and whose body bore injuries consistent with a vehicular accident, was yesterday identified by his mother.
Police Spokesman Jairam Ramlakhan yesterday related that the man’s mother, Esther Pierre, identified him as Osafo Glasgow, called ‘Safo’, 41, of 94 Bagotville, West Bank Demerara.
The woman informed police that her son was mentally challenged and suffered from epilepsy.
Glasgow’s lifeless body was discovered on Sunday at around 7 am by a passerby. The police were later summoned to the scene.
From preliminary investigations, police said it was revealed that the man sustained injuries to his head, left arm and leg. Police believe that the man was a victim of a hit-and-run as pieces of plastic fragments, suspected to be that of a vehicle light, were seen on the road next to the body.
The area in which the accident occurred is isolated and the closest community is approximately three miles away, the police said.
The body is currently at the Wismar Hospital mortuary.
