The Police are trying to determine the identity of a male whose body was found floating in the Mazaruni River on Tuesday.
A statement from the Police said that around 3pm ranks at the Bartica Police Station received a call from a woman who identified herself as Lis Sam and reported the sighting of a body in the river. The information was reportedly relayed to Sam by one Henry Alphonso – a miner and claim holder at Barakat Mining Concession.
The discovery was made by Alphonso’s workers.
Ranks visited the scene around 10am yesterday where the motionless body of the male was discovered floating face-down in the Mazaruni River. The body was pulled from the river and found to be in an advanced state of decomposition.
The body was clothed in black short pants and a vest.
Photographs were taken and the body transported to the Memorial Gardens Funeral Home for storage, awaiting a Post Mortem Examination.
An investigation is in progress.
