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Cause of death inconclusive on body found on Melanie seawall
GRA driver found dead, Christopher Sergeant
Kaieteur News – A post-mortem examination could not determine the cause of death of a man whose body was found on the Melanie seawall last week, police have confirmed.
Dead is Christopher Andrew Sargeant, a 54-year-old driver of the Guyana Revenue Authority. In a press release, police said that on September 8, 2025 at about 11:00hrs, the body of Sargeant was identified by his wife, Rosanna Phillips, a 66-year-old pensioner of Lot 544 9th Street, Dazzle Housing Scheme, East Coast Demerara, to be that of her husband.
The identification was done in the presence of a Detective Sergeant and Government Pathologist, Doctor Nehaul Singh, at the Memorial Gardens Funeral Home. Police said Dr. Singh performed a post-mortem examination with dissection on the body. Upon conclusion, the cause of death was found to be inconclusive due to the decomposed state of the remains, the police release noted. The body was thereafter handed over to the relatives for burial, with the date to be announced.
Sargeant’s body was found at about 17:00 hours on September 2, 2025, by a 17-year-old teenager from Non Pariel, East Coast Demerara, who was riding his motorcycle proceeding east on the Melanie seawall, when he observed a motionless body in a state of decomposition. He immediately alerted his neighbour, Brian Chin, a 61-year-old security consultant.
The matter was reported to the police via phone, and detectives visited the scene. The body was discovered lying face upwards clad in a white T-shirt, white vest and a pair of blue jeans. Both wrists and both insteps were missing, and the face was in a state of complete decomposition with bones exposed. The body was examined for marks of violence and none were observed. The body was escorted to the Memorial Gardens Funeral Home.
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