Death of UG student has left mother with unanswered questions

Joel Skeete

The death of 19-year-old Joel Skeete, the University of Guyana student, who was found dead on the foreshore of the West Bank Demerara days after going missing remains a mystery as numerous questions were left unanswered, something his family has to live with.

“I do have unanswered questions… there are many… the police do not give the impression that they are still investigating the matter. They have stopped at their assumption,” Skeete’s mother Lorenza Griffith told this newspaper when contacted.

With the autopsy confirming Skeete died by drowning, police have ruled the teen’s death as suicide as there were no signs of foul play and Joel’s phone along with a key were found in his pocket.