Brother, sister drown at Melanie Damishana after wandering from parents – police

Last Updated on Tuesday, 3 March 2026, 16:45 by Writer

The bodies of a brother, 10, and his sister, 8, were removed from a trench on the Melanie Damishana/Enterprise access road, East Coast Demerara on Tuesday, after they drowned, police said in a statement.

Investigators said the incident occurred between 8 a.m. and 11:05 a.m.

Jadon and Tianna DeCourte reportedly left their home with their mother and were in the area when they wandered away. “At about 11:05hrs, information was received that two children were found motionless in a trench at Melanie/Enterprise,” the Guyana Police Force said.

Police said the mother was alerted and subsequently identified the children as her own.

Emergency medical technicians pronounced both children dead at the scene.

No marks of violence were observed on their bodies, police said.