Police have concluded that Terrence Marks whose body was found last Monday on the Westbury foreshore, Essequibo Coast, died by drowning.
This follows a post-mortem examination, which was performed on Marks’s remains on Friday last.
The body was then handed over to relatives for burial.
Marks of Westbury, Essequibo Coast was found at the foreshore around 06:50 hours on Monday last. Reports said Marks’s body was found by relatives who had launched a search for him.
Stabroek News was told that the day before his body was found, Marks, a known alcoholic, had left his home without saying where he was going. After relatives did not see him return that evening, they began searching the area. This newspaper understands that relatives decided to search the seashore since he was known for frequenting that area. Reports said Marks’s body was found between some rocks fully clothed with no visible marks of violence except for abrasions above the left eye.
