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Missing seaman’s body found with bullet wounds to head

Aug 02, 2015 News

The West Coast Demerara police are investigating what appears to be an execution-style murder on a seaman whose decomposed body was found near a trench at Ruby, East Bank Essequibo.
The body of Davonan Sookram, 37, was found with two gunshot wounds on his head on Friday, three days after he was reported missing.
According to the police, on Tuesday last, Zuleema Sookram, a teacher of Seven Philadelphia, East Bank Essequibo went to the police and told them that her husband, Davonan, had left their home on Tuesday to go to Parika and did not return.
A search was launched and around midday on Friday, Sookram’s body was found at the side of the Ruby Access Road near a trench. It was in an advanced stage of decomposition.
The police said that a hole was seen in his forehead and another at the back of his head.
A man has been arrested and is in police custody assisting with the investigations.

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