Kenley Smith, 15 months old of Dredge Creek, Essequibo Coast, died after he allegedly drowned at his Essequibo Coast home.
A police press release stated that on Monday afternoon, at approximately 16:00 hrs, a 27 year-old mother had just breastfed Kenley, and left him with his three siblings while she went into the house to get clothing for the child. Shortly after, the mother was alerted by the children that they were not seeing Kenley. A search was conducted, first in the yard where he was not seen, followed by another search in a canal near the home. The child’s lifeless body was found in the water.
The mother immediately called a taxi and rushed the child to the Charity Cottage Hospital, where the child was seen by a doctor and pronounced dead on arrival. The body was examined, but no marks of violence were seen. The body is currently at the hospital’s mortuary awaiting a post mortem examination.
