The body of Michael Adolph, who was missing since Monday, was on Thursday found in a well in Tabatinga Lethem with cuts to his head.
According to the Guyana Police Force, ranks received a call on Thursday at about 17:30hrs from a 40-year-old housewife who went for water at the well at Tabatinga, Lethem in Central Rupununi and discovered the 53-year-old man’s body lying face down.
Adolph lived in the village.
Ranks from the Lethem Police Station were summoned to the scene. Upon their arrival, they saw Adolph’s body in about 7 feet of water.
The deceased’s body was then retrieved from the well and examined for marks of violence. Two small cuts were seen on his head and forehead. The man’s body is presently at the Lethem Hospital Mortuary, where it awaits a post-mortem examination.
Meanwhile, the police also said that Adolph’s 23-year-old daughter, who lived with him, reported that she last saw her father on Monday at about 05:30hrs when he left home.
