A teenage mother was arrested on Friday after her child was found dead in a drain at Parika Backdam.
In a statement, the Guyana Police Force disclosed that the 21-month-old toddler was found dead in a drain around 7 pm on Friday night.
The force said its enquiries found that the child was left in the drain by his mother, who claimed that he was hungry so she went in search of something to eat. Later that day when she was questioned about the whereabouts of her child, she ran and jumped into a canal.