POLICE are investigating the murder of a 30-year-old labourer in the village of Kamarang, Region Seven (Cuyuni-Mazaruni).

Dead is Godrell Joseph, a labourer of Kamarang Village. Reports indicate that the murder occurred in the wee hours of the morning on Friday.

Residents said that Joseph was last seen at a bar on Thursday night at Kamarang ‘Water Front’ in the company of friends, and on Friday, persons traversing Kamarang ‘Water Front’ observed his motionless body on the ground.
The person who found the body noted that Joseph had a gaping wound to the region of the right side neck. A broken glass bottle was seen beside his body with what appeared to be blood on it.

The police were contacted and the body was taken to the Kamarang Hospital where it awaits an autopsy as investigations continue.