A post mortem is to be performed on Wednesday to determine the cause of death of 14-year-old Daniel Younge, whose lifeless body was found at the bottom of the Lama Conservancy (Blacka), shortly before 14:00 hrs on Sunday.

Police are also trying to locate a lad with whom he had left his home at South Ruimveldt Park, presumably to go swimming.
Tragedy struck just five days after the father of the deceased, Colin Younge, popular wholesale beverage dealer and proprietor of Yam’s Party Service, La Penitence had left for the United States on a short visit. He was on his return trip home on Sunday when the gruesome discovery was made, but relatives did not break the tragic news to him until he had settled down at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport. It was the kind of shock relatives say that will remain with him for a long time.
The elder Younge and Daniel’s siblings yesterday visited the body at the Lyken Funeral Parlour and went to the district police station as well, but it is not clear whether they came up with any leads.
Daniel’s body was pulled from the canal by a man who was swimming there around 13:45 hrs. Pathetically, this shocking discovery was made in the presence of Younge’s elder cousin who was also at the conservancy at that hour. When the swimmer sounded the alarm that his foot had hit something underwater, it was ‘Skirt’ who advised him to persist and see what it was. But ‘Skirt’ was shocked out of his wits when the body was brought up and he realised that it was his younger cousin. He remains in complete shock since he was not aware that Daniel was not at home, or in fact missing. He immediately phoned and alerted other family members and the police were called in.
Relatives said Daniel had earlier in the morning left his South Ruimveldt Park home, in the company of a friend, presumably to go swimming.  Several hours passed and they did not return, but no one thought that anything was amiss. It was not until they received a phone call from his cousin ‘Skirt’ that the family became aware that he had drowned.
When found, the lad was fully clad in the clothes he was wearing when he left home, and strangely, relatives say, his body was already swollen, leading doctors to suspect that he had been dead and under water for about three to four hours.
But relatives are concerned, especially since he was found with his clothes on. They also reasoned that even if Daniel had accidentally fallen into the water, he would have swum to safety, since he is an experienced and strong swimmer. They also expressed disappointment that, the lad with whom he had left his home did not return to let them know that something had gone wrong, or that Daniel was missing.
Meanwhile, his sisters recalled that very early on Sunday morning, he singled out two pairs of boots which he washed and placed outside to dry before leaving home. They were also moved by an essay he wrote on his return to school, relating how he had spent his August holidays. In that essay, he mentioned the fun times he had, including taking swimming lessons , since swimming was one of his hobbies.
Daniel leaves to mourn, his parents: Colin Younge and June Ann Peters; about nine siblings, and several other relatives and friends.