Desmond Mars, the labourer whose partially decomposed body was found outside his Goed Intent, West Bank Demerara home on Monday died of natural causes, an autopsy confirmed.
The dead man sister, Ann Jones informed Stabroek News that an autopsy conducted yesterday revealed that he died as a result of kidney failure and heart issues.
A large quantity of alcohol was found in Mars body, Jones said.
Stabroek News had reported that Mars called “Bartin”, 56, of Lot 86 Murphy Dam, Goed Intent, WBD was discovered dead around 10.40am Monday, by a friend who had visited him.
A niece had explained that Mars friends last saw him on Friday and after they did not hear from him over the weekend, a friend went to check on him.
It was at this time that they found Mars’ lifeless body. “The friend turn back out and was shouting, ‘Bartin dead! Bartin dead!’” she recalled.
The police were immediately summoned.
Meanwhile, Dexter Watterton, the deceased’s brother who lives in the same yard as he did, had said that he last saw his brother on Saturday picking mangoes from a tree next to his home.
