POLICE are investigating the suspected murder of a man, whose body was found in an abandoned building at Victoria, East Coast Demerara (ECD), on Monday.
The victim was identified as Woodrow John Lepps, 42. It was reported that when the body was examined upon discovery, there appeared to be a severe wound to the head.
Lepps’ family told police that he usually does odd jobs for persons in the community. He was last seen alive by his foster sister, Rita Lepps, after he visited her Belfield, ECD home on Sunday morning. The woman said her brother came to collect his breakfast, as he usually would, and left. However, on Monday, she received information that her brother’s motionless body was found in an abandoned building. Upon her arrival at the scene, she found her brother’s motionless body with a wound to his head and blood stains on the walls.
The man was escorted to the CC Nicholson Hospital, where he was pronounced dead on arrival. The body was then escorted to the Lyken Funeral Parlour, where a post mortem examination will be conducted. Several persons were questioned and authorities attempted to identify CCTVs cameras in the area, but none was seen.