Police are investigating the discovery of human remains suspected to be that of 60-year-old Ray Bryan Roache, a resident of Phase Four Squatting Area, Amelia’s Ward.
Police Headquarters revealed on Thursday that the man’s decomposed body was found at a broken-down camp in a bushy area in Phase Four Amelia’s Ward by two men some three months ago but only now informed the relatives.
The two men have been identified as Dwight Forde called Eddie, a 57-year-old Machine Operator from Kwakwani Park, Upper Berbice River and Neil Ashby, a 53-year-old self-employed man.
According to the Police, at about 09:30 hrs Friday, Elroy Roache, a 47-year-old boat captain of Silver City, Wismar, Linden went to the Amelia’s Ward Police Outpost and reported that he received information from Forde that his brother’s body was at the camp.
Forde told investigators that in July 2023, the construction company he was employed with moved to Phase Four Amelia’s Ward, where they started road construction and the installation of pipelines.
After moving into the area, they built a camp and a kitchen. He said there is no potable water in the area and so he had to fetch water from Kara Kara creek regularly, for domestic purposes.
On September 22, 2023, while Forde was conversing with Ashby, he told him about the water problem and Ashby recommended a creek half a mile away, where he could access water.
The two went to the area and while approaching the creek, they saw an old broken down makehift camp and as they got closer, they saw what appeared to be the remains of a human being.
According to the Police, Forde made a short video recording with his cellphone and they turned back.
“Neil told Dwight that he suspected that it was the remains of Ray Roache and he would try to locate Ray’s relatives and inform them.
“According to Neil, it was only on (Thursday), that he was able to contact one of Ray’s relatives at Cinderella City and tell her what he had seen more than three months ago on September 22nd, 2023,” the Police release noted.
Police visited the scene at about 12:00 hrs on Friday in the company of both men.
