THE decomposed body of 14-year-old Christopher Basdeo, who was reported missing days ago, was found in a shallow grave Friday at a property at Lust-En-Rust, West Bank Demerara. A rice farmer has since confessed to killing him.

The 42-year-old rice farmer of La Parfaite Harmonie, West Bank Demerara carried the police to the location Friday and identified the spot where he buried the body in a 7X2 grave site covered with sand.

Divisional Commander, Senior Superintendent, Linden Lord, explained that the suspect told police that he and the teenager were drinking Banko wine on October 17 at La Parfaite Harmonie when they had an argument over money.
The argument led to a fight and the suspect said he lashed Basdeo to the head with a piece of wood and left him bleeding on the ground and went home.

The commander further revealed that the suspect told the police that he returned to the location later in the night and buried Basdeo’s body in the sand.
Police found what appeared to be a fractured skull on the body. The body was later positively identified by the teen’s father.

The teenager, who also resided at La Parfaite Harmonie, was reported missing by his family over week ago.
The grieving mother, Debbie Basdeo, is calling on the Guyana Police Force to investigate her son’s death thoroughly and place the guilty person behind bars.

Last month, a 14-year-old girl, also of La Parfaite Harmonie, had disappeared after she was last seen by her mother in the vicinity of the Vreed-en-Hoop Junction.

According to the woman, the teen had just left school, and as such, she journeyed to the Vreed-en-Hoop Junction to pick her up. The woman relayed that the missing teen called her on her cellphone and told her that she was going to cross the road at the junction to purchase something to drink.

After parking, the woman exited her vehicle and walked back to the spot where she last saw her daughter but to her dismay, the young woman had disappeared.