A 23-year-old miner, Leroy Cornelius, of Lima Sea Dam, Essequibo Coast, ended his life by suicide Sunday morning.According to reports, the miner who was an excavator machine operator in the gold mining industry in the interior, hanged himself Sunday morning after attending a church service.

Reports said the miner, who was owed a large sum of money by his employer, probably became depressed and confused after not being paid and decided to end his life by hanging.
According to relatives, the miner, after returning from church took his clothes off and left them on his bed before going to the back of the yard, where he hanged himself with  a piece of rope in  a fowl pen.
Reports said after he was missed from the house by relatives, a search was conducted for him and his body was discovered hanging in the fowl pen.
The Police who was informed rushed to the scene and conducted investigations.