Body of missing bartender found floating in Mazaruni River

The body of a mother of one who had been missing more for more than week was on Sunday morning pulled from the Mazaruni River, Region Seven (Cuyuni-Mazaruni).
Nineteen-year-old Anisa Miguel had gone missing after a drinking spree with friends.

It was reported that Miguel was employed at Tamakay Landing, at a boutique and bar. On the day she went missing, the teen and two of her female co-workers had travelled to Martin’s Landing to sell perfumes for their employer.
It is alleged that after the transaction, they went to a nearby bar where they were imbibing alcohol.
The boat captain who took the trio to the location returned to pick them up, but after seeing that the women were highly intoxicated, he refused to take them back to their destination.
The following day, Miguel’s employer told her family that she would have received a telephone call that the teenager was missing. As such, she made her way to the bar where the woman was last seen to make inquiries.
Upon arriving at the location, the woman questioned several persons and was told that Miguel was last seen on the dance floor in the company of a male. She was unable to get any additional information.
A report was subsequently made to the Police, and the woman’s family was informed. The following day a search party conducted an intensive search operation to locate Miguel but to no avail.

Days later, Police arrested the owner of the bar where Miguel was last seen along with the two girls with whom she was drinking at the bar. The trio reportedly told the Police that they have no knowledge of Miguel’s whereabouts.
However, on Sunday morning, Miguel’s lifeless body was seen floating in the Mazaruni River.
Guyana Times was informed that the body was clad in the same outfit – a white top, and blue pants – that she was last seen wearing. Police stated that an examination of the body showed a red mark around the neck area.
The body is in an advanced state of decomposition. It was taken to the Enachu Police Station where it awaits transportation to be taken to Georgetown for a post-mortem. The body was reportedly spotted by a miner approximately four miles away from Martin’s Landing.
Earlier in the month, the lifeless body of 26-year-old Mariam Edwards was found in a river at Kumung Kumung Backdam, Puruni River.
It was reported that Williams’ employer had stated that on the evening of June 8, after he and his crew had returned to camp, they realised that Edwards was missing and her quarters ransacked.
Upon enquiring, they were told by a boat operator that he had dropped a miner at their camp during the day. As a result, the employer and several others confronted the man and reported the matter to the Police.
Upon arrival in the backdam, the man was handed over to the Police and upon being questioned, he took them a short distance away from the camp where they found the body of Edwards. It was lying face up in the water.
She was clad in only a black bra and her neck bore hematoma-like marks. Both the body and the suspect were taken to Bartica. The suspect was placed in custody and during interrogation, he admitted to paying the deceased to have sex with her on two previous occasions.
However, on June 8, he told detectives that they had sex for the third time after which, she reportedly told him that, that would have been the last time. He admitted that he became angry and choked Edwards until she became motionless after which, he dumped her body in the river.
He further stated that he returned to her camp and took 21 pennyweights of raw gold which was in her purse.
Keron Hope of Middle Street, Buxton, East Coast Demerara (ECD), was subsequently arraigned for the murder of the 26-year-old cook. He was remanded to prison until June 30, 2022.