Joel Skeete, the 19-year-old University of Guyana (UG) student whose body was discovered on the west bank of the Demerara River on Monday, died as a result of drowning, an autopsy confirmed yesterday.
Skeete, who went missing last Wednesday evening after visiting a barbershop, was discovered among boulders on the river bank in vicinity of Belle Vue, West Bank Demerara.
Stabroek News was told that it was fishermen who alerted police to the area after stumbling upon the body. The discovery was made on Monday afternoon around 1.45pm.
