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Battered body of missing Berbice fisherman found in sandpit

Aug 25, 2016 News

The badly battered and bruised body of a 26-year-old man who was reported missing, was yesterday afternoon discovered in a sandpit at No 68 Village backdam.
Levan Chanderpaul, a fisherman of Number 68 Village, Corentyne, was last seen around 19:00 hrs on Monday, when he left his home for an unknown destination. He was not seen again.
His mother made a missing person report yesterday morning. Search parties were dispatched and he was discovered in a sandpit around 15:20 hrs about half of a mile west of the public road.
The body was reportedly discovered by a young boy grazing sheep and goats in the backdam. The lad began screaming and this attracted a search party that was nearby. The police were then informed and quickly descended on the scene.
According to information, when the body was found it bore marks suggesting that the deceased had been badly beaten – there were bruises on the head and ears, the neck appeared to be broken and there were signs that he was also beaten in the area of the genitals.
Reports are that the man was seen smoking heavily over the last week and was consuming a lot of alcohol also. It is reported that he had made off with a quantity of an illegal substance which had gone missing.
Investigators are also theorizing that the man might have been beaten elsewhere and his body dumped there. There were no signs of blood at the scene and there was not much disturbance of the area.
Chanderpaul has no children and lives with his parents.
Acting on information, about five persons have been arrested and are in custody.
Investigations are ongoing.

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