Police are investigating the death of a 28-year-old labourer whose lifeless body was discovered yesterday morning in a hammock at his Bushlot, West Coast Berbice (WCB) residence.
Material from the hammock was found wrapped around his neck.
Dead is Alan Padmore called ‘Jockey boy’ of Armadale Village, Bushlot.
The discovery was made around 8 am by Padmore‘s wife.
Reports are that Padmore lived with his wife, father-in-law and four-year-old son.
According to the police, Padmore’s wife related that he left for work around 8 am on Sunday. The woman said she last spoke to him about an hour after via video chat.
The police said she related that after Padmore did not return home around 8.30 pm on Sunday, she retired to bed with her son.
The following morning when she woke up, the woman told the police she discovered Padmore lying motionless in the hammock with a piece of the hammock’s fabric wrapped around his neck.
The police were summoned. Padmore’s body was examined and an impression was seen under his neck, suspected to be caused by the piece of hammock material.
There was no other visible mark of violence, the police said.
Padmore’s hands were swabbed and nail clippings were taken for DNA testing.
His body was escorted to the Bailey funeral home. A post-mortem examination is expected to be conducted tomorrow.
