A POST-MORTEM performed yesterday on the body of the late Terron Watts, which was found decomposed and bloated floating in the Lama Canal (Blacka) on Sunday, concluded that the former male nurse had died of an overdose of tablets.

Relatives yesterday said they were told he had ingested a quantity of tablets, but they could not say what kind and how much.
They speculated that he had jumped into the Lama Canal thereafter, hence, his body was found on Sunday by residents who had gone there for a swim.
He had been reported missing prior to the discovery of his body.
Watts, who abused drugs and had domestic problems, had left home in a fit of rage on July 6, jumping the fence following a row with his parents at their Cummings Lodge residence.

His mother had tried to rehabilitate him, but to no avail; and had even taken him to the GPHC Psychiatric Ward, where he had been an inmate for several days.
Watts, described as a good swimmer, had been a male nurse attached to the New Amsterdam Hospital in Berbice, and had attempted suicide three years ago by ingesting some tablets.
His expectant girlfriend is residing at his mother’s home.

(By Michel Outridge)