Mother, child found dead at Pomeroon landing, baby survives

Oct 12, 2015 News

By: Romila Boodram and Yannason Duncan

The nude bodies of a young mother and her two-year-old daughter were found floating under a dilapidated landing in the Pomeroon River, where they had reportedly gone to take a bath.
The bodies of 21-year-old Atika Sukhai and her daughter Xolani Sukhai of Grant Experience, Lower Pomeroon were discovered around 06:00 hrs by a woman, who was heading to Sunday church at Charity, Essequibo in a boat. The woman’s nine-month-old daughter, Alicia Sukhai, survived. The toddler was discovered with one of her feet stuck in a hole on the landing.
According to information reaching this newspaper, the woman was passing in the river when she spotted a crying toddler with her foot stuck in a hole on the landing that facilitates access to the Pomeroon River.
She reportedly rushed to the baby’s rescue and received another shock when she looked around and saw the bodies of Sukhai and her daughter.
“When she lifted the baby out of the hole, she looked around and saw the mother’s body and when she looked further, she saw the other child. She immediately took the baby and went back into her boat and proceeded to Charity Police Station,” a police source explained.
Up to press time the child was being observed at the Charity Hospital.
Kaieteur News was told that Sukhai has no close neighbours, who would have heard the crying toddler.
“Neighbours live far…. The houses are located far apart from each other,” the police source explained. He added, “If it wasn’t for that hole in the landing, that baby too would have probably drowned.”
Police believed that the young mother, who resided a stone’s throw from the landing, took her two children to the river bank to bathe sometime around Saturday night.
Detectives found the baby’s stroller and clothes believed to be that of the mother and her two-year-old nearby. The woman’s face and body, according to police, was badly damaged apparently by piranhas. Her daughter’s body was found intact about two yards away from her in a clump of bushes.
While police believe that the young mother and her baby drowned, they are awaiting a Post Mortem examination to confirm the cause of their deaths.
This newspaper was told that the woman, her partner and two daughters moved to Lower Pomeroon from Charity three months ago to live in a house that was given to them by a relative.
Three days ago, her partner allegedly left to go and seek employment in the interior. It is unclear if the woman’s partner is aware of what transpired, but her sister, Nadine told police that she last saw the woman and her two children Saturday afternoon. Investigations are ongoing.

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