Body of 3-Y-O pulled from pond in Region 1

The lifeless body of 3-year-old Keyon Joseph Antonio of Lot 1 Barama Line Baramita, North West District (NWD), Region One (Barima-Waini), was on Tuesday pulled from a pond a short distance away from his home.
Based on information received, at about 16:00h, the now dead child’s brother told his mother that he was going to the shop to collect his mobile phone that he had left to charge. The teen related that the now dead child and another sibling unknowingly followed him.
However, the mother explained that she was sitting under a mango tree with her one-year-old baby when she heard her son scream three times and she immediately went to check on him.
As she arrived at the pond, the child kept pointing into the water and cried “mama Keykey”. Without hesitation, she ran over to the shop where her teenage son had gone and informed him of the incident.
He reportedly jumped into the pond and pulled out his brother’s motionless body. An alarm was raised and the police were contacted. The child was picked up and escorted to the Baramita Health Centre where he was pronounced dead on arrival by a doctor on duty.
The body was escorted to the Port Kaituma Public Hospital mortuary awaiting a post-mortem. Investigations are ongoing.