Body of missing housewife found floating in creek

The body of a housewife was on Wednesday pulled from the Bun Sugar Creek, North West District (NWD) with suspected marks of violence about her body.
Dead is 29-year-old Melinda Henry of Bun Sugar Creek.
Based on information received, on Tuesday, the now dead woman and her reputed husband, a 59-year-old mechanic, were in their camp imbibing after which he went to speak with her father.
However, after speaking with the man, he returned to the camp, but there was no sign of Henry and as such, he immediately informed her father. A search was launched, but they came up empty handed.
The search party abandoned the search about 23:30h on Tuesday. The next morning, the man went to the Baramita Police Station to make a report. On his way, however, he was contacted by his father and brother-in-law who informed him that Henry had been found dead.
Nevertheless, he preceded to the Police Station and made a report after which he was accompanied by a Police rank to the area.
On arrival, the distraught man saw his reputed wife’s body floating in the creek. It was eventually retrieved and examined by the medic and Police who observed bruises on the upper right thigh. The body was taken to the Port Kaituma Hospital Mortuary to await a post-mortem.
No arrests have been made as the Police continue their investigations.