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Boyfriend charged with murder of pregnant teen who drowned in Berbice River
A 19-year-old man of DeVeldt Village, Upper Berbice River and of Smithfield, New Amsterdam, was on Friday remanded to prison for the murder of his 17 year old pregnant girlfriend.
Charged: Dequan Abrams
Dequan Abrams was charged with the capital offence of murder committed on Melissa Soman, of 58 Stanleytown, New Amsterdam.
He made his appearance via Zoom at the Linden Magistrate’s Court where the charge was read to him by Magistrate Wanda Fortune. Abrams was subsequently remanded to prison after he was not required to plead to the indictable charge and the matter was postponed to July 8th, 2020.
Abrams was arrested after the body of Soman was discovered floating in the Upper Berbice River nine days ago.
According to the facts of the case, Soman was staying with Abrams in a village in the Upper Berbice River and had attended a birthday celebration in the village. Abrams who was also present at the birthday reportedly noticed Soman in the company of another male.
Her actions angered him and he ventured over to her and began to assault her. The other male who saw the beating went over to intervene but he too was reportedly assaulted.
Died: Melissa Soman
Abrams then grabbed a boat paddle that was nearby and dealt Soman several lashes about her body and head which caused her to tumble into the river.
The other male subsequently jumped in to rescue the teen but she had reportedly disappeared. This was told to police by the suspect. The incident happened one day before her body was found.
When Soman’s body was hauled from the water, her face and right hands appeared to be eaten way by Piranha fish, police had said. A post mortem examination that was conducted on her body revealed that she died from drowning and blunt trauma to her head.
She was also pregnant at the time of her death and also leaves behind a two-year-old infant.
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