Body of 23-Y-O found floating in river with marks of violence

DEAD: 23 Year Old Kevin Hercules

The body of Kevin Hercules, a 23-year-old young man of Litchfield Village, West Coast Berbice and an employee of Farfan and Mendes was found floating in the Wiruni River, Upper Berbice on Tuesday night with what appeared to be marks of violence.

Hercules was reportedly last seen alive on Sunday when he stopped at a drinking shop in the area and asked a group of men for a drop home.

The men reportedly agreed to drop him home but that was the last that anyone saw or heard of Hercules until persons got information that a body was seen floating in the river, when the body was fished out, it was found to be Kevin Hercules.

This publication was told that no missing person report was made to the police between Sunday and the time the body was discovered.

His sister Toneca Hercules told BIG Smith News Watch on Wednesday morning that her brother’s body was found with what appeared to be a slit throat, even as his face was badly disfigured by fish.

The young 23-Year-Old leaves to mourn his 11 month-old child, a pregnant reputed wife and other relatives and friends.

The police investigations into this development are ongoing.