The search for a miss­ing Princes Town teenag­er was called off on Sat­ur­day af­ter his bul­let-rid­dled body was found spread­ea­gled be­hind an aban­doned ex­ca­va­tor in Princes Town around noon.

Po­lice said Julio Nazrudeen, 18, of Sad­hoo Trace, St Julien Vil­lage, was shot twice to the back of the head at Per­ry Young Road, Princes Town. The bul­lets ex­it­ed his cheek and the back of his neck. He was re­port­ed miss­ing last Fri­day.

Speak­ing to Guardian Me­dia, his moth­er Sindy Nazrudeen said Nazrudeen and his fa­ther, Rey­nald went to work to­geth­er do­ing con­struc­tion at a house in Rousil­lac.

"They came home. He brought bar­be­cue, and then he said he was go­ing to take a walk to check a friend," Sindy re­called.

She said he nev­er re­turned and calls were made to Hunters Search and Res­cue Hard Grounds Get Soft for as­sis­tance.

Sindy said around noon on Sat­ur­day they heard that her son was dead.

She said Nazrudeen had no en­e­mies and was nev­er in­volved in any­thing ne­far­i­ous.

"He just fin­ished school. My son doesn't smoke and doesn't drink, I think it's prob­a­bly mis­tak­en iden­ti­ty," Sindy said.

She said Nazrudeen want­ed to open up a food busi­ness of his own. Any­one with in­for­ma­tion on the mur­der can con­tact Crimestop­pers at 800-TIPS.