Berbice pensioner found dead in Montrose canal

The body of a Bushlot pensioner, who wandered away from her daughter’s home in the wee hours of the morning, was yesterday found in a canal at Montrose, East Coast Demerara.

Chandramattie Deonarine, 73, of Sixth Street, Bushlot, West Coast Berbice, was found dead around 7 am in a canal at the Montrose Pump Station, just a stone’s throw from her daughter’s residence at Lot 7 Happy Acres Public Road.

According to a police statement issued yesterday afternoon, their investigations have so far revealed that the deceased, who had health problems, was staying at her daughter’s home at Happy Acres prior to her death.

It was, however, reported that sometime after 1 am yesterday, Deonarine, who was