Self Help Square fatality identified as Madewini man

The man whose body was found with a suspected gunshot wound at Self Help Square, East Ruimveldt, Georgetown has been identified as 49-year-old Dexter Lynch of Madewini, Linden-Soesdyke Highway.

Police yesterday said that Lynch’s brother, Cedric Warrick, a 59-year-old vendor yesterday positively identified his remains.

Lynch’s body was discovered on Sunday with a suspected gunshot wound in his abdomen.

The police had said that they observed his body lying face down, clad in a black 3/4 pants, a multi-coloured shirt with a blue hooded long-sleeve sweater and a black toque on the head.

A black and red Jordan haversack containing two bottles of Hennessey, two male colognes, two male body sprays, two knives and $18,860 cash was also found next to the body.

One suspected spent shell was recovered about 6 feet south of the body, the police had said.

No arrest/s has yet been made.