Missing Mocha man’s throat was slit –autopsy

Delon Melville

Delon Melville, whose partially-decomposed body was found last Friday in a trench at Barnwell North, Mocha, East Bank Demerara days after he went missing, sustained multiple stab wounds before his death.

A post-mortem examination conducted on the body of Melville, 26, yesterday found that he succumbed as a result of haemorrhage and shock due to multiple incised wounds, an official at the Police Public Relations Department confirmed. His sister, Melissa Haynes told Stabroek News that Melville sustained multiple stab wounds to his chest and his throat was also slashed.

Melville went missing on the evening of July 29 and was discovered a