TWO persons are in police custody for questioning in relation to the murder of a 22-year-old pork-knocker whose lifeless body was found on a trail in the Obanna Backdam, Kuribrong, Region Eight.

Dead is Samuel Gonsalves of Tabatinga, Lethem, who was killed on Christmas Day.

According to police reports, Gonsalves was employed with a gold miner and was working at a land dredge at Obanna Backdam.

On December 23, the young man received his payment in raw gold from his boss and shortly after, he went to the Kuribrong Landing where he was imbibing at various shops with his friends.

He reportedly continued the drinking spree into Christmas Eve until the following day when, at about 12:00hrs, he left a shop and headed for the Backdam.

However, at around 18:30hrs that same day, a ranger of the district discovered Gonsalves’ lifeless body on the trail and informed the police.

The body, which bore two suspected stab wounds to the left-side chest, is at the Mahdia Hospital Mortuary awaiting autopsy.