Police are now investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of 46-year-old Shelton Henry, whose partially decomposed body was found in a trench at Company Road, Buxton, East Coast Demerara (ECD) at about 09:00h on Thursday.
Shelton Henry
According to the Police, Henry was an alcoholic who resided at Lot 202 Area ‘G’ Strathspey, ECD.
Enquiries disclosed that he was last seen alive by his relative on Thursday along Company Road Buxton, ECD in a drunken state. His body was observed by villagers floating in a trench that runs north to south on the eastern half of Company Road Buxton on Thursday.
Following the discovery, the body was identified by his uncle Gavin McPherson.
The body was taken to the Lyken Funeral Home to await a post mortem examination.
Meanwhile, Dominique Lackhan, a cousin of the late Shelton Henry, told Guyana Times that Henry had lived in Strathspey but would frequent Buxton. Lackhan explained that, on most occasions, after imbibing in Buxton, the deceased would stay at a house in the area.
Further, she said the trench in which he was found is near to the home at which he stayed in Buxton. As such, she believes that he might have been heading to the house in a drunken state and possibly fell overboard and drowned.
