Badly decomposed remains of male found during cemetery clearing
The skull is seen next to a plastic bag on the parapet of a property in the area
The skull is seen next to a plastic bag on the parapet of a property in the area

MINISTRY of Public Works staffers, clearing the Cummings Lodge Cemetery on the lower East Coast Demerara on Monday afternoon, stumbled on the partly decomposed, headless remains of a male.

Police investigators speak with workers who discovered the remains
Police investigators speak with workers who discovered the remains

A skull with some amount of hair, suspected to belong to the remains of the headless body, was found in a black plastic bag on the parapet of a property a short distance away.

Workers said they were made aware of the body after they saw dogs fetching the skull across the road.

Speaking with this newspaper at the scene yesterday afternoon, one man related that they might have been able to find the body on Sunday if a machine which had been slated to work in the area where the discovery was made had not broken down owing to mechanical problems.

Persons from within the Cummings Lodge area did not report hearing or seeing anything strange anytime recently, even as some did acknowledge that of recent they were getting a stench coming from the area as they passed, but they said they had thought the stench was emanating from a dead animal, since persons are known to dump dead animals there.

The police were summoned to the scene, and statements were taken from those who were working in the area. The police then attempted to contact Government pathologist, Dr. Nehaul Singh for a post-mortem to be conducted at the location where the remains were found, because of the state of decomposition.

The discovery attracted several onlookers from Atlantic Ville and Cummings Lodge since the area where the remains were found is usually used to access the Atlantic Ville community from the Embankment, and also the East Coast Highway.

The Guyana Chronicle was informed that the police discovered what appears to be a vehicle mat at the scene of the crime. The items were collected and are expected to be tested to determine the identity of the individual.

Meanwhile the police are requesting persons who may have had a missing relative to report to the nearest police station, even as they are checking their records to ascertain whether any males had been reported missing recently. Investigations are ongoing.

Just a few months ago, the remains of a female, widely suspected to be that of missing secondary school teacher Nyozi Goodman, were discovered at Turkeyen, East Coast Demerara. Goodman went missing after leaving a game of basketball with her students. Even though relatives identified items which were found close to the remains as belonging to the missing teacher, the police have sent components of the samples to Trinidad and Tobago for testing, to ascertain the true identity of the female whose remains were discovered. The identity of those remains have not yet been determined.

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