Body of toddler found in Pomeroon River

Two days after falling into a canal at Charity Squatting Area, Essequibo Coast, the body of two-year-old Zaverha France was found floating in the Pomeroon River on Saturday.
According to reports, the toddler was seen floating in the lower Pomeroon sometime around 16:30h on Saturday by a passersby.
Guyana Times was reliably informed that the body was discovered six miles away from where the toddle fell overboard in the canal in front her home in the Charity Squatting Area.
Her badly decomposed body was recovered from the Pomeroon River and transported to Charity by boat. It is currently at the Suddie Hospital Mortuary, where it is awaiting a post-mortem examination.
Two-year-old France went missing on Thursday morning after falling overboard.
Based on information received, the child was last seen by her mother, Samantha Layne, at about 09:00h. Initially, the mother took the child to the landing alongside the canal with the intention of giving her a bath.
However, the now depressed woman changed her mind and went back into the yard, taking the child with her. But after a few minutes, the woman could not find the child. She frantically searched every corner of the yard but there were no signs of the toddler.
It is believed that the child went back to the landing to have the bath all by herself and fell into the canal.