Body of missing fisherman found floating in Mahaicony River

The lifeless body of a 31-year-old fisherman was on Thursday found floating in the Mahaicony River, East Coast Demerara (ECD).
The dead man has been identified as Andrew Barnwell of Farm, Mahaicony, ECD.
Police have said that Barnwell had last been seen alive on Tuesday at about 19:00h in the company of a 57-year-old fisherman of East Canje, Berbice. They had been imbibing alcohol on a boat at Central Mahaicony.
Based on reports received, that other fisherman reportedly told detectives that, on the day in question, he and Barnwell had finished consuming alcohol and Barnwell climbed onto a moored boat to sleep, at about 19:00h. At about 1:30h the following day, he was awakened by his boat rocking, and upon checking, he discovered it was untied.
After he had secured the boat, he called out for Barnwell, but got no answer.
He said that he made checks around the area, but did not locate his friend, and he subsequently went back to sleep.
Later in the day, the fisherman said, he enquired about Barnwell’s whereabouts from the man’s wife, and she related that she had neither seen nor heard from him.
The fisherman said he subsequently visited the Mahaicony Police Station on Thursday and made a report. At about 15:55h on that day, a group of fishermen reported to the Police that they had seen the body of Barnwell floating in the Mahaicony River. The man’s body, clad in blue short pants and a dark blue vest, was retrieved by Police ranks, and was later identified by his mother as that of the missing fisherman.
The Police have detected no marks of violence on the man’s body, but Police investigations are continuing.