Georgetown: The body of 18-year-old Melissa Soman was fished out of the Berbice River, in the vicinity of DeVeldt Village Thursday hours after she left a birthday party in Gaettroy Village.
Soman, who resided at Stanleytown, New Amsterdam, Berbice allegedly left her parents’ house and her son who is a toddler a few months ago telling them she was going up the Berbice River with her boyfriend. Her parents did not see or hear from her since.
According to Police, the teenager was returning home from the birthday party in the company of a 48-year-old labourer of New Amsterdam, Berbice at around 20:30h on June 17 in his wooden boat.
The labourer, who is now in Police custody, told investigators that during the boat ride home, Soman informed him that she and her boyfriend were “having problems and then she suddenly jumped overboard.”
The suspect revealed that he tried to rescue her but it was unsuccessful.
Further, the suspected told police that he raised an alarm and a search party was formed but the young lady’s body was found floating the next day on the eastern side of the river at around 15:00h.
It was observed that the upper portion of her body, her face and right hand appeared to have been eaten by fish.
The body is presently lying at New Amsterdam Hospital Mortuary, awaiting post mortem examination.
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