The police are investigating the death of a two-year-old child – Tauren McLeanon who reportedly drowned on Wednesday in the Upper Berbice River.
The child’s mother Tamika Joaquin – 39 who is said to be a stay at home mother, told investigators that he left their Kawkwani waterfront home shortly after 15:00 hrs to take a bath at the riverfront and subsequently disappeared. The matter was reported to the police.
A search was carried out in the river by residents and the child’s lifeless body was recovered. A post mortem examination is to be carried out to ascertain his cause of death.