THE nude body of a teenage girl was found yesterday morning at the Turkeyen, East Coast Demerara seashore in the vicinity of the University of Guyana access road.The Chronicle has been informed that the body of the fourteen-year-old schoolgirl, up to the time that it was discovered, was relatively fresh and had several lacerations.

It was noted that when the body was discovered, the girl was not frothing, which suggested that she had not been dead for too long. Investigators are working on the theory that she might have been killed and dumped at the location. In addition, they are also looking at the possibility that the schoolgirl may have been in the company of someone inside a vehicle close to the area before she was killed.
Investigators could not say if the lacerations found on the girl’s remains resulted from her being battered or from waves lashing her body against the rocks at the seashore.

Sources close to the investigation said they were alerted to the presence of the body by an anonymous caller, who telephoned the police station at Sparendaam.
When the Chronicle visited the scene, the girl’s body – with two tattoos visible on her arms – was wrapped in a sheet and was under police guard as they awaited the arrival of detectives from the Criminal Investigations Department. (Leroy Smith)