Joseph Bownauth called ‘Lloyd,’ age 22, left his home for a fishing trip sometime after lunch on Wednesday along with two friends. The trio ventured to Guyana Sugar Corporation (Guysuco) pump station canal aback of his hometown of Belvedere.
Several other villagers joined the search party and an hour and a half later, they pulled up his lifeless body. Eyewitnesses who spoke with this publication related that he did not have
any visible marks on his body.
The body was removed by undertakers and taken to Ramoo’s Funeral home. A post-mortem examination is expected to be performed on the body at the Fort Wellington Hospital.
The victim’s wife, Zureena Bacchus, who is in the first trimester of her pregnancy, was inconsolable and was in a state of shock at the funeral home, with tears streaming down her face.
Police are investigating the matter.