The police are investigating the death of John Lancelot Richards, who was dead in the vicinity of his home.
Richards, 59 of Monument Hill Squatting Area, Kuru Kururu, Soesdyke-Linden Highway, died sometime between Tuesday afternoon and Wednesday evening.
According to the Guyana Police Force, enquiries by investigators revealed that Richards, who lived alone in a flat zinc structure, was seen lying face down on his belly next to a wooden bed frame around 6.30 pm on Wednesday.
The report stated that the deceased’s body was examined but no marks of violence were seen.
He was transported to the Diamond Hospital, where he was pronounced dead by a doctor on duty.
The body was subsequently taken to the Lyken Funeral Parlour awaiting a post-mortem examination.
