Police probing murder of South Rupununi miner

The Police today said that they are investigating the murder of Marcellus ‘Ton’ Reynolds, 31, a miner of Achiwuib, South Rupununi which occurred on Thursday, December 5, 2019 at Marudi Backdam, South Rupununi allegedly by a 17-year-old male who is in custody assisting with the probe.

The partially decomposed body of Reynolds was discovered on December 8 in a shallow grave at Rice Creek, South Rupununi; it has since been exhumed and arrangements are being made for an autopsy to be done, the police said in a release today.