Ani­ka Gumbs-San­di­ford

Rel­a­tives search­ing for a miss­ing man stum­bled up­on his de­com­pos­ing body in a field yes­ter­day. Man­dath Ram­dath, 52, an Un­em­ploy­ment Re­lief Pro­gramme work­er went miss­ing last Fri­day from his Charles Street, Man­a­ham­bre, home.

When Ram­dath, a fa­ther of three, did not re­turn home, his fam­i­ly re­port­ed him miss­ing. The re­port was made at Ste Madeleine Po­lice Sta­tion.

Ram­dath's son, Rudranath, had to be con­soled when the body was found. Po­lice said yes­ter­day that the state of de­com­po­si­tion in­di­cat­ed that Ram­dath might have died the same day he went miss­ing. The body bore no marks of vi­o­lence. Po­lice said, how­ev­er, that they were not rul­ing out foul play. Ram­dath's moth­er Ram­daye was over­come with grief yes­ter­day. "My son does work hard and come home. Oh God! Why they do this to my son he is a good boy... why they kill him?" she cried.

Griev­ing rel­a­tives yes­ter­day de­scribed Ram­nath as a "qui­et man." A rel­a­tive said Ram­dath was re­cent­ly sep­a­rat­ed from his wife and was keep­ing to him­self. He said: "He nev­er used to both­er with any­body. From work he used to come straight home. He nev­er had any en­e­mies and did not look for trou­ble. I do not know why any­one would want to kill him." In­ves­ti­ga­tions are con­tin­u­ing.