Man found dead in Berbice River with mutilated face, throat slit

Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a man whose badly mutilated body was fished out of the Berbice River on Tuesday morning.
Dead is 24-year-old Kevin Hercules of Wiruni Village, Berbice River, and formerly of Leitchfield Village, West Coast Berbice.

The Police have said that what appears to be a wound was seen in the region of his neck.
Hercules had last been seen alive on Sunday imbibing with friends; however, that evening, the young man reportedly asked for a drop to his home, which is located some distance away from the shop where he was hanging out. Reports are that the man was seen entering a boat along with other persons, but according to his family, he never arrived home.
This resulted in the family filing a missing person’s report with the Police.
The 24-year-old’s lifeless body was seen floating in the Berbice River, and Police have since confirmed that his face was mutilated and there was a slit to his throat.
According to his aunt, Bernadette, when the body was seen, it took some time before they were able to get access to it. She said he had been living with her, and had left to work with a company situated at Wiruni. The aunt said her nephew had been employed with the company for the past two years, and had returned last month to celebrate his birthday.
“He told us that he was going to come back to see me this month, and on Tuesday I got a call stating that they saw a body floating in the River and they believe it was him. When I called back, they told me that they were able to get the body, and when they turn (it) over, it was Kevin.”
After the body was discovered, Police were contacted and it was eventually taken to the Kwakwani Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
Hercules and his two siblings lived with their aunt after their mother passed away when he was a baby. According to the aunt, not much information has been forthcoming about the incident.
Meanwhile, the man’s sister explained that the young man had left Leitchfield to work with a company that has a branch along the Upper Berbice River. The young man subsequently got involved in a common-law relationship and has one child, and his partner is currently pregnant.
His aunt is calling for a thorough investigation into His death.
The body is currently at the Kwakawni Hospital, awaiting a post mortem examination as Police continue to investigate. (G4)