Body of homeless man found in Essequibo Coast bus shed

Police on the Essequibo Coast are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of 66-year-old Rudra (only name provided), a homeless man whose body was found in a bus shed at Adventure on Thursday.

At time of the discovery of his body, Rudra was clad in a black jersey and a pair of grey sweatpants, and blood was reportedly oozing from his mouth.
At the scene, Hanswattie Persaud, a resident of Adventure, told Guyana Times that Rudra had asked that she permit him to spend the night under a shed on her premises on Monday evening, and she had allowed him. She said that on Tuesday, at about 7:00h, he told her that he was not feeling well, and was having difficulty seeing.

Persaud said she had taken him to the Suddie Public Hospital, where he sought medical attention but was later discharged. He had last been seen alive on Wednesday evening at about 20:00h at a shop in Adventure.
After his body had been discovered in the bus shed, it was examined by crime scene ranks, but no sign or mark of violence was detected thereon. The body has been taken to the Suddie Public Hospital mortuary to await a post-mortem examination.