The body of 17-year-old Vishal Parmanand, one of two fishermen who went missing on April 8, was discovered on Friday, April 18.
After search efforts by family members, the marine department of the Guyana Police Force (GPF) and the Coast Guard, Parmanand’s partly decomposed body was discovered by two fishermen at about midday on Friday, April 18, along the eastern beach of the Atlantic, in the vicinity of Borlam, East Coast Berbice (ECD).
The fishermen then alerted the family members.
Found: 17-year-old Vishal Parmanand
According to the police, the body was found lying in an advanced decomposed state, clad in the same clothing the teen was wearing at the time of his disappearance, and no visible marks of violence were observed; however, this they said, can be subject to the state of decomposition.
An autopsy is expected to be performed Tuesday on the teenager.
Parmanand, 17, and Daniel Inchanally, 32, both residents of Cotton Tree Village, West Coast Berbice (WCB) reportedly left home to go to Crabwood Creek, Corentyne on April 8, to pick up the boat and sail it back to their village.
Still missing: Daniel Inchanally, 32
They left Crabwood Creek, and were expected to sail along Guyana’s Atlantic Coast to the estuary of the Berbice River, where they were to moor the boat at the Three-Door landing site at D’Edward village.
However, they never arrived. Instead, the boat was discovered the following day along the Tain foreshore by a fisherman. At the time, a bag containing the teenager’s belongings, including his cellular phone, was in the boat, and the 60hp engine was still on the vessel.
Meanwhile, the search continues for Inchanally.
