Mabura man believed murdered

A Mabura, Upper Demerara man is believed to have been murdered on the interior location’s public road sometime during the early morning hours of yesterday.

Dead is 59-year-old Vernon Alexander of 47 Miles, Mabura whose mangled body was found shortly after 6:00 am yesterday. According to a resident from the area who said that she was a close friend of the man called `Sicko’ by his friends and relatives, she was performing her usual morning duties when she notice the strange sight on the road. She told Stabroek News that her home was not far from the road and she was certain it was the body of a man that was lying on the road. “Right away I run out to see is who. When I see was meh own friend Sicko.” She said Alexander was lying face up and was covered with blood. “When deh turn he over he whole head back was smash in and buss up, deh well and beat he up because all over he skin deh mark up like deh lash he up.”

Alexander’s wife, Patricia Alexander was alerted to the discovery and it was she who called in the