A 74-year-old resident of Devonshire Castle, Region Two, was found floating in a nearby trench at Hampton Court, Saturday morning.

Dead is Deodat known as ‘John’ (only names given); he is suspected to have drowned. His daughter, Sabitree Deodat, told this newspaper that he was last seen alive on January 6, 2021 at around 17:30h; she said he left her house to visit her brother but he never made it there.

The saddened daughter said that her brother, Gopiechand Deodat, became worried and mounted a search for him. The son telephoned neighbours asking if they saw his father but no one did and so he began a search in nearby trenches but it was futile.

On Saturday, the son continued the search when he observed a body floating in the trench. He raised an alarm and residents assisted him in removing the body and Gopiechand discovered that it was his father.
Police from the Anna Regina police station were summoned to the scene; no marks of violence were observed on the body, which is currently at the Suddie Mortuary awaiting a post mortem examination.
Deodat leaves to mourn his three children.