An autopsy has found that Malika Hamilton, the 14-year-old whose body was pulled out of the Hope Canal on Tuesday, died as a result of asphyxiation compounded by trauma to the neck and police are treating her death as a murder.
Hamilton’s body was found around 1.30pm on Tuesday, several miles away from the Hope Canal Bridge, by residents of the community who had ventured into the canal to swim. Hamilton, of Lot 11 Two Sisters Village, East Coast Demerara, had left home following an argument over the telephone with her father on Monday and did not return.
‘C’ Division Commander Paul Williams said based on the results of the autopsy, the girl’s death will be treated as a murder. “We are currently working on some information,” Williams added. Up to late yesterday afternoon, no arrests had been made.
