Former manslaughter accused found dead at Linden house

Months after he was freed from prison, 25-year-old Brian Hermanstyne was on Tuesday afternoon discovered dead at his Wismar Hill, Linden house.

The News Room was informed that Hermanstyne’s lifeless body was discovered around 17:00 hrs. He is suspected to have died by suicide.

An autopsy is scheduled to be conducted at a later date to determine his cause of death.

Brian and his brother, Elden Hermanstyne were found not guilty by the High Court in May 2024. They were charged back in 2022.

They were accused of pushing boat caption, Elick Alexander, 55, about 40 feet off the Wismar shore in Linden on November 19, 2022. Alexander body was discovered a day later.

Alexander was the captain of a blue and white passenger boat that operates from the Wismar shore to the Mackenzie shore.

Enquiries revealed that the captain was on the Mackenzie shore awaiting passengers when Brian and Elden Hermanstyne boarded the boat for the Wismar shore.

While the boat was about 40 feet off the Wismar shore, Alexander was allegedly shoved out of the boat. The boat then proceeded north on the Demerara River.