Man found dead at Providence identified as Surinamese

Steven Rinaldo Tinnie

The body of the man that was found on the Providence Public Road East Bank Demerara on Monday, after an apparent hit and run accident, was yesterday identified as Suriname national Steven Rinaldo Tinnie.

Police had on Monday issued a press release informing that they had found the body of an unidentified male at Providence with bruises and lacerations and had taken the corpse to the Lyken Funeral Parlour.

All indications pointed to the man being hit by a vehicle as he was crossing the road and left for dead.

Yesterday, the dead man’s fiancée Shamila Austin, speaking from their D’Urban Street home, told Stabroek News that they were