Boat mishap at Imbaimadai: Decomposing body of 2nd land surveyor found

One week after the body of 29-year-old Land Surveyor Terrence Thomas of Meadow Brook Gardens, Georgetown was found in the Mazaruni River at Imbaimadai in Region Seven (Cuyuni-Mazaruni), officials have reported finding the body of 34-year-old Germain La Rose of Canvas City, Wismar, Linden, the second missing Land Surveyor, in the Mazaruni River at Imbaimadai.
That body, reportedly found just after 10:00h, was in a decomposed state.
La Rose and his colleague Terrence Thomas disappeared in the Mazaruni River after the boat in which they were travelling sank on November 10. Romell Ramlakhan, the Mines Officer in charge of the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission at Imbaimadai Landing, has said that he and two other colleagues had returned from a field trip at Kamarang Landing, and he was on his way to the GGMC station when Thomas and La Rose approached him on the Imbaimadai airstrip and related that they had arrived at Imbaimadai Landing to do work, but they did not elaborate.

Information obtained revealed that La Rose requested to be accommodated at the GGMC living quarters, and Ramlakhan agreed, since La Rose was a former employee.
However, Ramlakhan said, the following day, at about 03:00h, he observed La Rose and Thomas preparing to go on their journey, and he suggested that they wait until daylight. He said Thomas declined, noting that the journey was a lengthy one, and he used an all-terrain vehicle (ATV) to drop the duo on the hill by the riverside, and he returned to the GGMC station.
Boat captain Romain Reece told investigators that he, La Rose, Thomas and another man boarded a metal boat, property of Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC), and headed for Kako Village, Upper Mazaruni, along with approximately 40 gallons of fuel and 10 signs to be erected at the mining claim they were going to survey.
Some two minutes into their journey, while he was trying to plane off the boat, Reece said, the boat began to take in water, and Thomas and La Rose panicked and jumped overboard, causing the boat to take in water and sink.
Reece said that he and the other man attempted to swim to safety, and got to the river’s bank by holding on to fuel tanks, but upon reaching the river’s bank, he discovered that Thomas and La Rose were missing and the other colleague was a few feet away. Reece said an alarm was raised and Police were notified.
It was revealed that none of the occupants of the boat was wearing a life jacket at the time of the incident. It was also reported that the Mines Officer Ramlakhan did not know, and had not authorised anyone to use the GGMC boat and engine. (G9)