Teen drowns after falling overboard

Another teenager has died from drowning, this time at Kako Village in Region Seven (Cuyuni-Mazaruni) after she reportedly fell overboard.
Dead is 19-year-old Trevisa Williams.
Based on information received, the incident occurred at about 09:35h on Sunday while Williams was in a boat with her parents and nephew in the Kako River. It was in that moment she reportedly suffered a seizure and fell into the water.
This newspaper was told that her father mobilised a search party to comb the river, and her motionless body was discovered hours later. A community health worker from the village pronounced her dead and she was buried the same day.
However, authorities are planning to exhume the body to affirmatively determine a cause of death. Police information suggests that the teen died from epilepsy.
A relative of the teen told Guyana Times on Tuesday that they were highly affected by her passing, since it was sudden. The teen had travelled in a boat but they were unable to say if she experienced seizures prior to this incident.
Less than one week ago, a search was launched to recover the body of 17-year-old Jafaun (only name provided) who drowned on August 1 while swimming in the Pomeroon River, Region Two (Pomeroon-Supenaam).
According to the police report, Jafaun left his home in Moruca, Region One (Barima-Waini), to work on a farm at lower Pomeroon. The teenager reportedly consumed alcohol on a regular basis.
His employer, Carl Roberts, told investigators that he left to go to the backdam on Saturday morning, leaving Jafaun at home. He noted that at about 14:30h, he was informed by his daughters that Jafaun was drinking earlier on the farm and went in the Pomeroon River to swim.
The man said he was told that the teenager swam to the deeper part of the river, where he was seen having hypoxic convulsions in the water before disappearing. This was reportedly witnessed by two females on the farm.
In June, the body of 17-year-old Melissa Soman called “Lisa” was pulled from the Berbice River and an autopsy later proved that she drowned and suffered blunt trauma to the head.
During the post-mortem, it was revealed that the teen was pregnant. However, the teen’s 22-year-old boyfriend had confessed to the heinous crime during interrogation. He reportedly told detectives that an argument erupted between him and the mother of one during which he assaulted her. In a bid to escape, the young woman jumped overboard and never surfaced. (G12)