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Bound body found at Long Creek identified
The body that was pulled from the Atlantic Ocean on Friday
The bound body of a man found at Long Creek, Soesdyke/Linden Highway on June 12, last, has been identified as that of Mukesh Tobin.
Tobin was found with both hands tied behind his back with a multi-coloured rope.
The victim was lying face down. There are no reports of any arrest,
Based on reports, a 27-year-old labourer reported to the police that one of his relatives discovered the body.
When crime scene ranks visited the scene, they were unable to determine whether there were marks of violence on the body due to the state of decomposition.
The victim, who is believed to have been in his mid-thirties, was clad in a black jeans, white jersey and black and brown slippers.
A labourer, and four others, had gone to the area to cut wood when they saw several crows circling the area.
They subsequently saw the decomposing remains and called the police.
Meanwhile, the police are still trying to determine the identity of the body that was pulled from the Atlantic Ocean in the vicinity of the Marriott Hotel on Friday.
Coast Guard ranks brought in the body of the man, of mixed race, at their base in Ruimveldt, Georgetown.
Staffers from the Light House informed the Coast Guard of the body. It was clad only in a pair of brown long pants.
It had been exposed to the sun leaving the skin on the back peeled. The body was not badly decomposed and is currently at the Lyken Funeral Parlour.
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