By Shabna Ullah

A post-mortem examination conducted on the remains of the 18-year-old waitress, suspected to have been gang raped in the wee hours of Tuesday morning, revealed that she died from drowning.

Cane harvesters found Deokali Peter around 5.30 am on Tuesday lying naked on the roadside obliquely opposite Dust Till Dawn, a bar at Port Mourant – where she had been seen drinking the night before. She was groaning in pain.

Her mother, Kamaldai Bennie, told Stabroek News yesterday that her daughter’s body bore scratches on her neck and forehead and that there were “black and blue marks on her right side.” She said the doctor also related to her that as well as raping her, it appeared that the attackers had pushed her down in a nearby trench.

Cane harvesters found her and one of them gave her his shirt to cover herself and took her to nearby residents who assisted with a pair of pants. …..