Unattended toddler drowns during outing at Paruima Falls

The lifeless body of a toddler was pulled from the Kamarang River, Upper Mazaruni, Region Seven (Cuyuni-Mazaruni) hours after he went missing on Wednesday.
The dead child has been identified as one-year-old Romeil Delgado of Paruima Village, Upper Mazaruni Village
He reportedly went missing about 18:00h on Wednesday at Top Side Paruima Falls, but his body was recovered about 23:50h the same day.
Upon the discovery of the body, it was examined by a nurse who observed a piece of the penis was missing. It is believed to have been bitten by a crab or fish. No other marks of violence were seen on the body.
Based on reports received, the child’s mother, Yasmin Delgado, 21, about 13:40h on the day in question, along with her boyfriend, her brother and several children, went to the Kamarang River to bathe. There were five children in the group, including Romeil.
While there, Delgado told her brother to watch over her son and left him lying on the sand at the river’s edge while she went to check on her two-year-old daughter, who was sleeping in a hammock some 50 feet away.
She returned to the riverside about five minutes later only to discover her son missing. When she enquired about his whereabouts, her brother and her boyfriend claimed that they had not seen the child. As such, an alarm was raised and a search was initiated, but the child was not found.
A report was subsequently made to the Police who joined in the search until the body was recovered.