88-year-old murder suspect found dead

Michael Raymond Haralall Tamassar, 88, a pensioner and murder suspect, was found dead on Thursday at the Bladen Hall School Compound Living Quarters on the East Coast Demerara, police said.

Tamassar was last seen alive at around 07:00 local time by his son, with whom he lived, and was discovered unresponsive in the living room at about 09:38, police added.

Detectives reported no visible signs of violence on the body, which was taken to the Buxton Health Centre where a doctor pronounced him dead. His body is at the Memorial Gardens Mortuary awaiting a post-mortem examination.

Police said investigations into the circumstances of his death are ongoing.