THE Guyana Police Force (GPF) yesterday reported that the mutilated body of a male that was discovered on the seawall last Wednesday has been identified as fifty-four-year-old Andrew Erskine, who hailed from Fourth Avenue in Subryanville, Georgetown.

Criminal Investigation Department (CID) ranks of the Guyana Police Force were called upon last Wednesday to investigate the circumstances surrounding the lifeless body of the man being found over the seawall at Camp Street and Seawall Road, a short distance from the CID headquarters.
A police source told the Chronicle that the body of the man of African descent bore marks of violence on the hands and to the side, and that the victim appeared to be in his fifties. It was also disclosed that the man’s genitals had been castrated.
According to the police source, the body seemed to have been dumped there hours before it was discovered, possibly just before sunrise on Wednesday morning.
The body was taken to the Lyken Funeral Parlour until it was identified. A post-mortem is expected to be performed on the body today.
(Leroy Smith)