Police on the East Coast of Demerara (ECD) are probing the death of Campbellville, Georgetown resident, Ravin Fowler, whose lifeless body was recovered from a drain at Robert Street, Better Hope North, ECD, on Friday afternoon.
Police, along with residents, watch as ranks retrieve Ravin Fowler’s body from a drain in Robert Street, Better Hope North, ECD
Guyana Times understands that the 32-year-old man’s body was submerged in the drain near a culvert for almost two hours before it was removed.
This newspaper was told that Fowler would often be seen in the area drinking with friends. Reports are the deceased was also imbibing in the area on Friday. Two persons told this publication that he left the company of his drinking buddies and sometime after, he was discovered in the drain.
When Guyana Times spoke with the deceased’s friends, they said they had no knowledge of how he ended up in the drain but reasoned that he may have caught a seizure. However, the cause of death will only be drawn from a post-mortem examination which is expected in the coming days.
Police ranks in C Division (East Coast Demerara) were on the scene taking statements at the time this newspaper arrived at Better Hope, ECD. Persons in the area and other curious onlookers were standing in disbelief and could be heard saying they recognised the deceased when Police recovered the body from the drain.
According to information disclosed, relatives would often argue with the now dead man about the excessive amount of hours he spent in Better Hope rather than being at his Georgetown home where he resided. His brother, Raymond Doorsammy, told Guyana Times that his late sibling was not taking the treatment doctors had prescribed for his seizures.
He noted that it was in recent times, that his brother started to consume alcohol heavily. He recalled that he was at work when he received the message of his brother’s demise.
Undertakers transported the body to the Lyken Funeral Parlour and an autopsy is expected to be performed on Wednesday. Fowler had no children and leaves to mourn five siblings.
