On Tuesday, April 06, 2021 about 08:30 hrs, a post morten examination with dissection was performed on the body of Joel Skeete by Dr. Nehaul Singh, state pathologist at the Ezekiel Funeral Home, Vreed-en-Hoop, West Coast Demerara.
The body was identified by his uncle, Julius Skeete Colonel of the Guyana Defence Force in the presence of police.
The cause of death was given as drowning. The body was then handed over to the relatives for burial at a later date.
Joel was a computer science major at the University of Guyana, who disappeared after visiting the barbershop at the Harbour Bridge Mall on the evening of March 31st.
His decomposed body was discovered on Monday at Belle Vue, West Bank Demerara.