A POST mortem (PM) examination performed on the bodies of the two fishermen who were found on the Abary Foreshore concluded that both men died as a result of drowning.

The post mortem showed that Kawal Kissoon called “Ajay” was beaten before his hands and feet were tied and then thrown overboard. Kisson had several marks of violence on his body including a chop wound. According to the autopsy, the body of Lamar Petrie was too badly decomposed to determine if he too was beaten before being tied and left to drown.

The PM was conducted by Dr. Nehaul Singh at the Fort Wellington Hospital on Tuesday.
Meanwhile, the search for Vishnu Seeram and the other missing crew member, Marvin Tamessar, continued yesterday with a team of approximately 20 persons combing the Corentyne shoreline.
Relatives, in speaking with the Guyana Chronicle, indicated they will continue to search for men.

Marvin Tamessar and the Captain Vishnu Seeram, both of Miss Pheobe village, are still missing. The bodies of their other two crew members, Kawal Kissoon called ‘Ajay,’ 36, of Lot 233 Letter Kenny and Lamar Petrie, 20, of Miss Phoebe were found on Friday and Sunday respectively.

The four fishermen departed Guyana on Saturday October 5, destined for Suriname to ply their trade and scheduled to return on October 19, however, their boat – ‘Sara One’ – was found abandoned at the Cromarty foreshore on Friday October 11. The engine and catch was also missing and portions of the seine were covered in blood. The bodies of both Petrie and Kisson were found with their hands tied behind their backs and their feet bound. They were both found in the vicinity of Abary, some 60 kilometers away from where the boat was grounded.