A nine-year-old girl reportedly drowned on Friday at Zeelugt, West Coast Demerara (WCD) when she was allegedly pulled into the sea by a strong wave while walking on the seawall with her cousins.
Police said the body of Alejandra Rodriguez was discovered yesterday morning at the seawall at Meten-Meer-Zorg, WCD, in a partially decomposed state.
Rodriguez’s sister told Stabroek News yesterday that the child left home at about 13:00 hrs on Friday to go for a walk with cousins and friends at the seawall.
She explained that based on information she later received, as she was not with them, they were all sitting on the seawall. She was told that Rodriguez had gone to touch the water when a wave came and took her out to the deep. She added that so far the family had heard many other versions of what transpired at the seawall.
The family was alerted about 15:00 hrs on Friday and a search began for Rodriguez.
Region Three Commander Mahendra Siwnarine told Stabroek News that the cousins and friends Rodriguez went to the seawall with were all of the same age range. This meant that the children were unsupervised at the seawall.
