The body that was found floating in the Demerara River on Monday has been identified as Calvin Sancho, a security guard attached to GEB Security Services, a release from the Guyana Police Force stated.
Sancho, 37, of Coldingen, East Coast Demerara, was discovered floating in the Demerara River on Monday at about 15.00 hours by ranks of the police Marine Section, in the vicinity of Houston.
A GEB Security Services source told Stabroek News that Sancho had been missing since Sunday. He and two other persons left the Rubis wharf at Providence on Sunday around 7:15am to go to Grove where a big ship was anchored. Upon their arrival, Sancho went to the bow of the company’s boat to secure it to the ship and fell overboard. He was wearing a GEB security vest at the time of the incident.
The body has since been transported to the Memorial Gardens funeral home awaiting a post-mortem examination.
