A tip which police received yesterday that the body of missing US-based Guyanese Kwame Rumel Jobronewet was buried in the Friendship backdam, East Coast Demerara fell through as their excavation of a section of the area bore no fruit.
According to police sources, ranks rushed to the area in search of the corpse but to no avail. However this newspaper learnt late yesterday that several persons were taken to the Vigilance Police Station for questioning into the man’s disappearance.
Sources in the community told Stabroek News that it was just after 5 yesterday afternoon when two van loads of servicemen went into the area and started to dig. The process lasted for about an hour after which a few youths in the community were apprehended and taken away.
The 66-year-old man went missing since June 12 following a visit to a family home in Buxton.
Jobronewet also known as Romie Johnston of California along with a number of relatives had travelled to Guyana to pay their final respects to their mother, Vivian Henrietta Brown also known as ‘Ne Ne’ and ‘Sister Henny’, who died in Canada and whose remains were flown to Guyana. She was laid to rest in her home village of Buxton.
