Region 2 pensioner found dead in canal

Crime

June 19, 2026

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Police are investigating the suspected drowning of an 89-year-old pensioner whose body was discovered in a canal at Mainstay/Whyaka on the Essequibo Coast, Region Two (Pomeroon-Supenaam), on Wednesday afternoon.

Dead is David France of Mainstay/Whyaka.

According to Police, preliminary investigations revealed that France was last seen alive at his home at about 12:45h on Wednesday. Investigators were informed that he would normally bathe in a canal located approximately 120 feet east of his residence.

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