Body of unidentified man found floating in city canal

The lifeless body of an unidentified man suspected to be in his 40s was on Monday pulled from a canal in the vicinity of a koker at Lombard and Sussex Streets, Georgetown.

Police stated that the discovery was made at about 07:00h by a machine operator attached to the Mayor and City Council (M&CC), who promptly raised an alarm and contacted the police. The partially decomposed body clad in a blue checkered shirt, black pants, and black boots was pulled from the canal and taken to the Memorial Gardens Funeral Home, where it is awaiting identification and a post-mortem. Police started to say that no marks of violence were observed on the deceased’s body. Investigations are ongoing.