The family and friends of 20-year-old Akeem Davidson, a labourer of Mackenzie, Linden, Region 10 (Upper Demerara-Berbice), are fearful that he might have drowned after he went under water while swimming on Tuesday.
Reports are that about 14:15h, Davidson was bathing in a creek at Mabura, which is located some 300 metres from his campsite. At the time, Davidson’s friend, Sheldon Vanaco was also bathing in the creek.
According to the young man’s friends while they were swimming, Davidson went underwater and did not resurface.
Vanaco told investigators that he thought his friend was “playing”, but after 15 minutes elapsed and the young man did not resurface, he got worried. He revealed that he returned to camp and alerted their employer of what had transpired and they both went in search of Davidson, but their efforts were futile.
Police were dispatched to the area in search of the victim, but the search has so far been futile.
Both Vanaco and the camp owner were taken into custody. They are assisting with the investigations.
Only on Wednesday, Guyana Times reported that 13-year-old Amuel Sancho of Dazzell Housing Scheme, East Coast Demerara (ECD) had drowned after he plunged into a trench at Belfield, ECD.
Police in a statement on Tuesday said Sancho and his relatives went swimming and between 14:00h and 15:30h on the day in question, he jumped into the trench and disappeared.
After the teen disappeared, his cousin went into the water to search for him, and after sometime he was fished out of the water in a motionless state.
The Police were summoned to the area and rushed the teenager to the CC Nicholson Hospital at Nabaclis, ECD, where he was pronounced dead on arrival.
