Police are investigating the suspected drowning of a 14-year-old student of Kaneville Squatting area, East Bank Demerara, whose body was found on Wednesday afternoon, floating in the Essequibo River in the vicinity of 5th Avenue beach.
The body was identified as Daniel Cameron. The police reported that the teen’s body was clad in a green and grey three-quarter pants and black striped T-shirt.
Investigations revealed that on Tuesday at about 15.00 hours, Cameron travelled from Supenaam to Bartica where he met his uncle who was supposed to take him into the Sand Hill Backdam to see his grandmother. At about 17.30 hours that day, he accompanied his uncle to the Bartica Regional Hospital to have a malaria smear done.
