Body under bridge: No foul play suspected – Police
Investigators probing the death of an unidentified man whose decomposing body was found under a bridge at Brickdam, Georgetown have said no foul play is suspected in his death.
While the man has not yet been identified, the Police have said that he seems to have been between the age of 45 and 50 years old.
“The body was removed from under the bridge and examined, and no mark of violence was seen. The body was then escorted to Georgetown Public Hospital, where it was pronounced dead on arrival by a doctor. It was then escorted to Memorial Gardens Funeral Home, waiting to be identified and a post-mortem examination to be conducted,” a release from the Guyana Police Force has detailed.
The unidentified body that was found under the bridge
Investigators were called to the Brickdam area at around 16:45h on Wednesday after receiving reports that a body was seen under a bridge in the vicinity of the Schuler and Gomes Optical Services building on Brickdam. Upon arriving at the scene, cops spent hours trying to break the bridge, which is partially concealed, to reach the body.
Neighbours told this publication that for days they had been smelling a foul odour in the area, and had thought it was emanating from the body of a dead animal.
One man told this publication that the smell had become unbearable for him and his family, and he had been hoping that something could soon have been done in regard to the odour.
Reports are that, in an effort to get rid of the smell, the owner of the Schuler and Gomes business place had decided to clean the trench in front of the property, and thus had discovered the body under the concrete bridge.
Owner of the business place, Don Gomes, told the media that he had been getting the stench since Sunday. He said that after asking his workers to check the trench, and upon learning there was a body there, he immediately informed the Police.
After the body was pulled from under the concealed bridge, the businessman said that, based on his observation, the dead person could not be identified as anyone he had known. (G9)
