The body of a 12-year-old boy was retrieved from a trench in Anna Regina on Sunday night hours after he had visited the area to fish.
Massod Browne, a student of the Al Madinah Islamic Academy and only child for his parents, left his home at around 10am on Sunday to go fishing but did not return home.
Following his prolonged absence relatives commenced searching for the child and later reported him missing to the Anna Regina Police Station.
The trench where he had gone fishing was searched by residents and his body was found at around 9pm. The body was taken out and transported to the Suddie Public Hospital here doctors pronounced the child dead.