The Police have taken two persons into custody in connection with the murder of a 16-year-old girl whose body was found behind her home in Baramita, Region One, on Sunday.
This was revealed by Regional Commander K. Mandal who told Stabroek News yesterday that no further information can be revealed at this time as investigations are still ongoing.
However, he said, that the post-mortem was conducted yesterday and it was found that the teen died of manual strangulation.
No further information was provided.
Last Saturday, around 12:00 hours the teen and her mother went to a shop, purchased alcohol and started to consume it with water in the company of a male and others. At about 15:00 hours the two females became intoxicated and left the shop in the company of the male after purchasing some rice and another quarter bottle of rum .
The following day at about 7:30 hours, the body of the teen was found behind their dwelling quarters. The matter was reported to the Matthews Ridge Police Station and the deceased was picked up and taken to the Port Kaituma Hospital where she was pronounced dead by a doctor on duty.
