Police are investigating the suspected murder of a 23-year-old labourer whose body was found in his yard at C Field Reserve Dam, Sophia, yesterday morning.
According to police reports, Kurt Beckles, called “Savage,” was discovered at around 8.15 am with a wound to the right side of his head suspected to have been caused by a gunshot.
His mother, Danella Eastman, told investigators that she was at home at C Field, Sophia, at around 8 am when her former reputed husband telephoned her. He said he had received information that her son had been shot at his home.
Eastman immediately went to Beckles’ home, where she found him lying motionless in the yard with blood on his head.
Police said Beckles lived alone in a single-storey wooden house enclosed by a zinc fence. His body was found lying on its right side in the southern section of the yard.
Emergency medical personnel were summoned and a team from the Central Fire Station attended. Beckles was pronounced dead by Dr Mohan of the Georgetown Public Hospital.
The matter was reported to police at around 8.20 am and ranks visited the scene approximately ten minutes later.
Crime scene investigators processed the area but recovered no spent shells. Police said CCTV footage from the area was being reviewed, while several persons were questioned and statements were being taken.
A search of the surrounding area failed to locate any suspects.
Beckles’ body was taken to Memorial Gardens Funeral Parlour to await a post-mortem examination. Investigations are continuing.
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