A 25-year-old pork-knocker was, on Tuesday, remanded to prison for the murder of Miriam Edwards, whose lifeless body was recently found in the Puruni River, Region Seven.

Keron Hope of Middle Street, Buxton, East Coast Demerara, appeared before Magistrate Crystal Lambert, at the Bartica Magistrate’s Court, where the charge was read to him.

Hope was not required to plead to the capital offence which alleged that, between June 8 and June 9, 2022, at the Kumung Komungo Backdam, Puruni River, he murdered the woman.

He was remanded to prison until June 30, 2022.

On June 8, the lifeless body of the 25-year-old woman was found in the Puruni River, a short distance from the mining camp where she worked as a cook.

According to reports, Edwards was attacked and robbed by Hope. Her living quarters were ransacked and a quantity of gold was reportedly stolen.

Hope was subsequently arrested by police ranks in the Division and allegedly admitted to murdering the woman. Edwards’ body was recovered after Hope took police ranks to area where he had allegedly dumped her body.

An autopsy conducted on Monday, on the woman’s remains, found that she died as a result of asphyxiation due to manual strangulation.