– relatives
The body discovered floating in the Palmyra area of the Berbice River on Wednesday is believed by relatives to be that of 43-year-old Cornelia Singh.
Andrea Metzger, who contacted Stabroek News via email, stated that based on the description given by the police she believed that the body was her mother’s. According to her, Singh left Canada some two to three weeks ago for Guyana.
The woman’s body was discovered in the river at approximately 6.45 pm, police had said. Further, they had said the woman was believed to be in her mid-thirties, with black hair; slimly built with brown complexion; her height was about 5’6” and she was clad in a blue jersey and blue pants at the time of discovery. The body is at the New Amsterdam Hospital mortuary.
When asked why she thought the body was her mother’s, the woman replied in an email: “I think it’s her because she has been missing for the last two weeks and was last seen in Berbice and the description matches what you guys wrote in the newspaper”.
Metzger maintained that the description given by the police matches her mother and said she believed that foul play was involved.
She informed this newspaper that relatives would be travelling to Berbice to identify the body.
“…she [Singh] left Canada about two to three weeks ago, not sure of the date,” Metzger wrote. “She was last seen by relatives in Berbice, don’t think she was staying with relatives as yet.
“The matter was not reported to the police at the time because we thought she needed time away to be by herself. I had a close friend in the police force looking into any suspicious deaths because I knew it was not like her to be in Guyana and not inform anyone.”
In all of her statements made to this newspaper via email Metzger seemed convinced that the body found in the Berbice River was indeed Singh’s. However, she did express some doubt in a comment she left attached to Stabroek News online article; ‘Woman’s body found floating in Berbice River’ which was published on Thursday. In the comment Metzger had written, “I’m not sure that this is my mother”.
