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Child’s body found on Essequibo foreshore
Police have recovered the partially decomposed body of the missing 
St. Margaret’s Primary School pupil, Devon Gibson, who reportedly went missing on April 28, after an encounter at the Guyana Forestry Commission building.
Gibson, whose address was stated as Lot 9-10, Queen Street, South Cummingsburg, Georgetown was discovered early yesterday morning, at the Hampton Court seashore, by sluice operator, Kishore Nandalall.
Nandalall, who later alerted villagers, said that he and another man called “Tima”, were at a hut at the Hampton Court seashore around 4:00 hours. The 51-year-old sluice operator, who resides at Lima Village, said that he momentarily left the hut and was walking along the seashore in search of a piece of wood to make a bunk when he noticed the body.
He said that upon closer examination the body appeared to be that of a child. It had washed ashore and was positioned between some rocks.
The sluice operator further explained that while the body of the child seemed to be intact, the left arm was reportedly missing.
The body has been transported to the Suddie Mortuary where it is awaiting a positive identification.
According to initial reports, Devon Gibson, went on an outing accompanied by an elderly man and some other children.
The report added that the child subsequently jumped into the Atlantic Ocean from a jetty and never resurfaced.
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