Sheet Anchor murder accused found hanging

The Sheet Anchor man who was accused of beating and killing his wife in June was yesterday found hanging from a tree along the Berbice River.

Mintie Karamchand, 40, of Lot 19 Sheet Anchor Village, East Canje, was badly beaten and chopped on June 21 by her husband,  Goldburn December, also known as “Goldie”, 47, of said address. The man after committing the act had fled the scene while informing residents that he would kill himself.

Police had launched a hunt for December, however they were unsuccessful in finding him.

His son, Chris Joshua December, 19, who identified the body to be that of his father told Stabroek News that yesterday morning around 9 he heard that a “crab man” in the village