The body of Morris Goorcharan, a 61-year-old farmer of Abrams Creek, Upper Pomeroon River, who was reported missing, was recovered from Abrams Creek on Boxing Day and a suspect is in custody.
Goorcharan had left his home in a boat on December 24 with meat to distribute to his customers and never returned. According to reports, this occurred sometime between 07.00 hours on December 24, 2024, and 12.30 hours on December 25.
So far, one person is in custody and legal advice is to be sought in the matter.
Inquiries revealed that Morris is a farmer and would normally sell his products to customers around different villages in the Pomeroon River. Morris’s wife, Reyana Goorcharan, a 56-year-old housewife, told the police that her husband left home on Boxing Day at about 07.00 hours in his 12-foot boat powered by an outboard engine, with pork to distribute to his customers and did not return.
Ralph Walcott, a 60-year-old sawman of Abrams Creek, Upper Pomeroon River, stated that Goorcharan had visited him to deliver his order of ten pounds of pork, and he, along with another individual called ‘Short Man’ started to consume rum. Ralph further stated that he, along with his son, Conan Lyte, a 23-year-old labourer of Abrams Creek, and his daughter-in-law, Sharika Simon, a 19-year-old housewife, left home for a birthday party at Muckeam Singh, located in the same village, about 300 feet from their home, leaving Goorcharan and ‘Short Man’ drinking.
When he returned to his dwelling on the same day about 21.00 hours, he saw Goorcharan’s boat parked at his boat landing, but when he got inside, he only saw ‘Short Man’. He then asked ‘Short Man’ where Goorcharan was, and ‘Short Man’ responded that he had dropped him off at a boat house, and returned with his boat and moored it at the landing.
The matter was reported to the police on Christmas Day at about 12.30 hours and `Short Man’ was subsequently arrested and placed into custody.
A post-mortem was conducted and the cause of death was inclusive due to the condition of Goorcharan’s body.