The partially decomposed body of an unidentified man was found in the lower flat of a two-storey building at Timehri, East Bank Demerara on Friday at about 06:00h.
Police ranks at the scene on Friday
The body was discovered by a female teacher who occupies the upper flat of the house after a stench began to emanate from the lower apartment, which is unoccupied. Being hit with the stink stench, she decided to search for its origin, and soon found herself shockingly confronting two feet of a human body. She immediately reported the find at the Timehri Police Station, a stone’s throw away.
The several marks of violence reportedly seen about this body have caused investigators to believe that the man had been beaten. Residents recalled seeing a man of East Indian descent walking around in the village on Wednesday with lacerations about his body; and one woman recalled seeing the partially naked man lying on the roadway on Wednesday afternoon. “He de groaning, and when I check his eyes was swollen, his chest was black and blue, and he de asking for something to eat,” the woman stated.
She posited that a woman who operates a small shop in the area had offered the man something to eat and drink, after which he had walked away. Timehri residents believe that the man might have gone into the unoccupied lower flat of the house to rest.
Three hours after its discovery, undertakers arrived on scene and removed the body to the Memorial Gardens Funeral Home to await identification and a post-mortem examination. Up to late Friday evening the body was not identified, but police investigations have commenced.
