Man found hanging in Banks housing scheme

A man was found hanging from a tree in the Banks DIH Housing Scheme area, Georgetown a day after he was last seen.

Lyden Collins’ body being removed yesterday.

Lyden Collins, 43, of 47 Princes Street, Georgetown was reportedly found hanging by his belt from the tree.

Police in a press release yesterday said that they are investigating the man’s death. The discovery, according to them, was made at about 8.05 am. Collins, they said, was a driver attached to a private security service. He was last seen driving a company vehicle on Saturday and it was found abandoned in the Industrial Site, Ruimveldt area at about 7 am that day.

When Stabroek News contacted Collins’ relatives via telephone yesterday, a man who identified himself as a brother of the deceased declined to comment.