THE bloated body of a 14-year-old boy who left his home to go swimming yesterday morning was fished out of the Lamaha Conservncy (Blacka) hours later aback of North Ruimveldt.

Dead is Daniel Younge, a student of Nehemiah Comprehensive School, Queenstown. He was the son of June Ann Peters and Colin Younge, popular wholesale beverage distributor and proprietor of Yam Party Service, La Penitence.
His death came as a shock to relatives, who said they were totally unaware that anything had gone wrong after he left home. Relatives recalled Daniel had earlier in the day left his South Ruimveldt Park home in the company of another lad, but they had no idea he was going to swim.
A few hours later, (shortly before 14:00 hrs), an elder cousin whose call name was given as ‘Skirt’ was nearby the Blacka, when a man swimming in the water suddenly raised an alarm that his foot had hit something funny underwater. Curious, ‘Skirt’ immediately advised him to delve deeper to see what it was.
The man in the water dived, only to realize that it was a body. An alarm was sounded and persons in the vicinity managed to get the body out.  But ‘Skirt’ was shocked out of his wits when he realized that it was the body of his cousin, Daniel. He immediately contacted relatives.
The police were alerted and they visited the scene and took the body to the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH). News of the tragedy quickly spread and relatives hurried down to the hospital in large numbers. Pandemonium broke out when they saw the body. He was already swollen, and strange enough, they said, was fully clad in his jersey and trousers.
Relatives said doctors surmise that the young man’s body had been under water for at least three to four hours. Asked whether the body bore marks of violence, the police told relatives that they were unable to say.
However, what the relatives find strange is that the lad with whom Daniel had left the home, never returned to them to say that anything had gone wrong or that Daniel was even missing. Following the gruesome discovery, the dead teen’s relatives tried in vain to reach the other lad.
At the hospital, relatives were inconsolable at the hospital yesterday. His mother June Ann and siblings fainted as they came face to face with the reality of Daniel’s demise.
Daniel’s eldest sister, Fiona, said her brother was a strong and experienced swimmer who was not new to swimming in the ‘Blacka’. But even more baffling, relatives said was the fact that he was fully clad when found. “Daniel would never jump into the water with his clothes on if he’s going to swim,” they insisted that something seemed amiss.
Meanwhile, his father Colin, who left for the United States of America just last Tuesday, was devastated on receiving the news of his son’s mysterious death and immediately began preparing his return trip home.