Missing teen’s body found floating at Bartica beach

Jul 07, 2023 News

Kaieteur News – The body of a 14-year-old boy was on Thursday afternoon found floating at the Bartica beach, Region Seven one day after his relatives reported him missing.

Dead is Daniel Cameron a resident of Kaneville Squatting Area, East Bank Demerara (EBD).

Reports are that Cameron’s body floated up at the Fifth Avenue beach, Bartica at about 15:30h.

Dead: Daniel Cameron

Police suspect that the teen may have drowned.

According to police, Cameron’s body was found floating face down in the Essequibo River some two hundred feet away from the beach.

“The body was examined and a 2 cm abrasion was seen to forearm and upper lip,” police stated.

Speaking with Kaieteur News on Thursday evening, the boy’s mother, Lilloutie Cameron said that her son had travelled to Bartica from Supenaam, Essequibo Coast, Region Two, on Tuesday to spend time with his grandmother.

He had already spent a week at his aunt’s residence on the Essequibo Coast but did not want his vacation to end until he had spent some time with his grandmother.

His relatives on the Essequibo Coast told this newspaper that they had placed him in a boat and it left from the Supenaam Stelling just after 13:00hrs on Tuesday.

The child arrived safely to Bartica and was picked up from the Bartica Stelling by his uncle, Davenaan Singh.

Relatives recalled Singh informing them via a phone that Cameron had arrived.

About an hour later, Cameron’s loved ones were plunged into a state of worry after the uncle returned a call informing that Cameron was missing.

“He [uncle] receive him at the stelling and all wa we hear back is that the uncle seh that he disappear,” relatives on the Essequibo Coast said.

The uncle was later detained after Cameron’s mother made an official report to police on Wednesday morning.

“He [the uncle] said he mek a report but they [police] didn’t take it… is only when I go to Bartica then they take a written statement,” Cameron’s mom recounted.

Police told Kaieteur News that while being questioned, the uncle said that he had left Cameron playing on a swing close to the beach area and had gone to take a malaria test but when he returned the child disappeared.

According to a police report, “Davenaan said that upon reaching the hospital, the deceased asked him to allow him to play on the swing in the play park opposite the hospital. About 15 minutes after Davenaan had finished taking the smear, he went to the play park to check for the deceased but did not see him.

Efforts were made to locate the child but the search came to a tragic end after his body floated up in the Essequibo River. A post mortem examination is expected to be conducted.

Investigations are ongoing.

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