THE Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Coast Guard has joined the search for schoolboy Devon Gibson, three days after he plunged off the Kingston, Georgetown jetty and disappeared in the murky waters. Meantime, a new development has emerged since relatives, who went to revisit the location made a strange observation.
They saw what appeared to be six figures with one scratched out and an equal number of candles painted at the end of the jetty where Gibson went down.
They are now of the opinion that the lad was the victim of some form of ‘sacrifice’ and the man who accompanied the children to go for the swim has been placed on $10,000 station bail as police continue their investigations.
Up to press time, Gibson’s body was not recovered. He left his Lot 9-10 Queen Street, South Cummingsburg (Tiger Bay), Georgetown home, in a group of six children with the man to go for a swim just behind the Guyana Forestry Commission (GFC) premises in Water Street.
But, after Gibson took a dip in the water, he failed to resurface and searches for him are continuing.
His grandmother, Isolita Agard, 58, with whom he is living, told the Guyana Chronicle she understands that other members of his group were rescued by passersby after the man who accompanied them saw them encounter difficulties and raised an alarm.
However, the St. Margaret’s Primary School pupil was not so fortunate.
The man was, up to yesterday, assisting with the investigations at Brickdam Police Station, where the rescued boys have given statements about their Sunday afternoon swimming expedition.
Agard has also been the guardian of Gibson’s sisters, age 11 and 14 years, since their mother went overseas. The woman has been informed of the tragedy and is expected in the country shortly.

Meanwhile, there were mixed emotions yesterday as a group of relatives of the missing lad accompanied this newspaper to the Kingston jetty, Georgetown, where there are ‘strange markings’ on the jetty itself, painted in cream water paint, which they believe narrated how the seven-year-old went under water without surfacing.

Relatives, visibly upset, explained that when they visited the jetty yesterday morning there were no such drawings and when they returned to the location around midday they saw what appeared to be a story of how Gibson met his demise.
It is unknown who painted such a picture of the boy’s incident where he plunged into the Demerara River and reportedly drowned and up to press time his body hasn’t been recovered but his relatives are furious since they believe the drawings on the jetty suggest  some sort of ‘foul play’ of some form of ‘sacrifice’.
They are also of the opinion that the boy was lured to the Kingston jetty on purpose for what they alleged was “works of evil”.
Relatives of Gibson yesterday afternoon said that they would be returning in their numbers to the location for a vigil and are hoping that his body will be found soon so they can give him a proper farewell and have some closure as to what transpired.