The body of 41-year-old Theresa Lynch was found entangled in a bamboo grove near the La Florissant Bridge, about 400 metres south of Arima Old Road.
This ended a two-day extensive search by villagers, the police and Fire Service along with the Hunters Search and Rescue Team.
Her body was found about two kilometres from the area where she had been swept away on Wednesday.
Lynch, a farmer of La Pastora Village, Lopinot, slipped and fell into a ravine near Mc David Trace swollen by floodwaters while leaving her garden in Surrey Village, Lopinot. She had just reaped hot peppers during adverse weather conditions before she had to leave her garden.
A report said she was holding a bamboo rod in her hand when she slipped and fell into the water.
Her brother, William Ramgoolam, grabbed her clothing and tried to pull her onto the riverbank but he too lost his balance and fell. He was bashed against rocks by the raging waters before he was rescued by farmers. He had to be taken to the hospital for treatment.
The rescue team was of the belief that her body could have been washed into the Caroni River during the early stages of the search. Pirogues were then used to search the Caroni River—a distance of 15 kilometres from where she fell into the ravine.
Search parties found peppers and a pair of trousers while searching the riverbank on Thursday and this led them to focus closer to where she initially disappeared.
Yesterday, just after 1 pm, villagers and her relatives found her body entangled in a bamboo grove near the La Florissant Bridge, about 400 metres south of Arima Old Road.
Relatives and friends were on the riverbank when the discovery was made. For some, it brought closure as she was found, while others were too distraught as the hope for a miracle faded away.
Officers from the Arouca Police Station, Northern Division Task Force, Fire Service and the Community Emergency Response Team, along with the Hunters Search and Rescue Team, were also on hand when the body was removed.