SHUKHANANDAN Jadonandan known as ‘Romeo’, 42, of Cotton Field, Essequibo Coast, was discovered dead in a drainage trench a short distance from his home just after 06:00hrs on Wednesday.

Reports said the deceased, who was a farmer, had been suffering from epilepsy and walked away from his marriage because of domestic problems.
It was also reported that he left his wife and children at his Georgetown home and returned to Essequibo Coast where he lived at his parents’ house with his mother, Chandrapattie.
His lifeless body was found by a neighbour who was putting out his sheep to graze near the trench. An alarm was raised and scores of persons rushed to the scene.
The corpse was fished out of the water and taken to the Suddie Funeral Parlour.
Police are investigating his death.
Jadonandan had won a lottery some years ago.