Decomposed body of missing boy washes up in Essequibo

Devon Gibson

The decomposing body of eight-year-old Devon ‘Luke’ Gibson, who disappeared last Saturday following a swimming expedition at the Kingston Seawall, washed up at the Hampton Court foreshore, Essequibo Coast early yesterday morning.

The body of Gibson, of Lot 9-10 Queen Street, South Cummingsburg, washed ashore sometime around 4am. His mother, Docota Agard, said she was informed by a friend that her son’s body was found on the Essequibo Coast and she immediately travelled there. She said she initially identified him using a picture on a cellular phone and she was later taken to the Suddie Hospital Mortuary where she was allowed to see the lad’s body.

Agard told Stabroek News that Gibson’s face was