Ian Craddock, the Director of tour company Bushmasters, who was found dead in Lethem at the end of July, died from a cardiac arrest.
Superintendent Keithon King, the Police Commander of Region Nine, told Stabroek News an autopsy gave the cause of death as cardiac arrest.
The body of Craddock, a British citizen, was handed over the British High Commission.
Craddock, a former British army officer, had been residing in Guyana for many years and expanded his company here. Craddock was jogging when he collapsed on the afternoon of July 27 in Culvert City, Lethem, behind the airstrip. It was suspected the businessman died of a heart attack. According to the Bushmasters’ website, Craddock was a British army officer who served in the infantry and Special Forces for 10 years.
He first moved to Guyana in 2002 and organised jungle expeditions for a British conservation charity. Prior to that he lived in London, Cyprus, the Falkland Islands, Jordan, and Belize.
Craddock completed a variety of specialist courses from Combat Survival Instructor to Military Mountaineering and climbing instructor. He took part in exercises and operations in a host of countries around the world from the Gulf to the Falkland Islands, from North America to the Indian Himalayas – where he jointly led a joint Anglo-Indian team on the first successful ascent of Mt Tingchen Khan.
As word of his death circulated, members of the local tourism sector expressed condolences and remembered him for his invaluable contributions to Guyana’s tourism industry.
