Father IDs body found in Eccles trench as mentally-ill daughter

The partially decomposed body of a woman discovered in a trench at the Eccles Industrial Site on Saturday has been identified as a resident of Thomas Street, Kitty, Georgetown.
Police on Tuesday said that the woman was identified as Angela Andrea Sooknanan.
She was identified at about 15:00h on Tuesday by her 76-year-old father, Romel Sooknanan.
According to Sooknanan, Angela had been struggling with mental health issues for some time and was under the care of Dr. Bhiro Harry. He told police that his daughter last visited the doctor on Thursday, August 8, for an examination and treatment related to her illness.
However, on Friday last Angela asked her mother, Charlotte Sooknanan, for money, stating that she intended to go to Diamond, East Bank Demerara (EBD).
However, her body was discovered on Saturday, floating in a trench near the Eccles Dumpsite Road.
According to police reports, at about 15:00h on Saturday, a call was received from the Police 911 Hotline and the caller reported that a body was floating in the trench at Eccles dumpsite road.
Her body was fished out and examined by the Crime Scene Investigator (CSI) rank, and what appeared to be blood and water were flowing from her nostrils. The woman’s face was also swollen.
At the time of the discovery, she was cladded in long black tights and a grey armless top. She had on only one-side slippers.
There was no mark of violence seen on the body, police had said.