Police are investigating the suspected drowning of a two-year-old child whose body was discovered in the Pomeroon River at Kabakaburi Mission, Upper Pomeroon River, on Saturday afternoon.

Dead is Samirah Evans, 2, of Kabakaburi Mission.

According to a police report, the child was at home with her mother at about 12:30 hrs when she was later discovered missing. Relatives and residents of the community immediately launched a search in the area.

Police said that at about 17:30 hrs the child’s body was discovered floating in the Pomeroon River in the vicinity of Warapana, approximately one mile from the Kabakaburi Mission landing.

The body was retrieved and escorted to the Oscar Joseph Public Hospital, where it was examined and pronounced dead by a doctor on duty. It is currently awaiting a post-mortem examination.

Investigations are ongoing.