Six days after he was reported missing, the body of 6-year-old Orlando Jaikarran was found early this morning during a search operation at the sea dam in Bath Settlement, Berbice.

Police Commander in Region Five, Lansdale Withrite, confirmed the discovery of the child’s lifeless body. He also confirmed that the child’s father, Bharrat Jaikarran, is the prime suspect and remains in Police custody.

The father had initially claimed that he was unaware of the child’s whereabouts and had last seen him when he put him to bed on the 13th October.

He reported the boy missing on the morning of the 14th October and initially assisted in the search operations.

However, over the weekend, security video recordings from a house in the same area where the man lives, revealed footage of the man walking from his home holding a child late on the night on October 13, and returning to his home without the child.

Police investigators arrested the father and confronted him with the new evidence, resulting in him admitting to dumping the child’s body near a canal at the sea dam in Bath Settlement and pointing investigators to the location.

The father reportedly told investigators that he was informed by his religious leader that the boy might not be his child, and that was the reason behind his decision to take the child from his bed and dump him into the canal, killing him.

The young boy and the man’s two other children lived with him. The man and his wife reportedly separated sometime back and he took custody of their three children, raising them with the ex-wife providing monthly financial support.

The woman said she was abused during their relationship and that forced her to leave. She said after the ex-husband dragged her before the Court for custody of the three children, she opted to have him take custody while she would continue to support them.

She said she never expected her ex-husband to take the life of their son. She said she is devastated and wants justice.

It was around 2 o’clock this morning that the child’s body was found among other debris near the canal. Investigations remain active.

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