The corpse was clad only in her underwear and a vest, her throat was slit, mouth stuffed with an unidentifiable object, nose cut off, eyes dug out and head bald of hair.

After it was pulled from the water by mortuary attendants, the woman’s remains were later found to have been dumped in gated area of Le Repentir Cemetery, also in Georgetown.

A relative of hers, who did not want to be named, said dogs were sniffing at the dead woman at the scene of the Thomas Lands discovery.

She lamented that Thorne was the breadwinner of the family and her devastated mother was being comforted by other relatives while friends stood at the home, apparently stunned that the life of their loved one was snuffed out so suddenly and so disrespectfully treated.

Repeated calls were made to her cell phone but they were unanswered and switched to voice mail.

Parris said Thorne was a frequent visitor to other Caribbean countries and was mostly out of Guyana but was here for the past six weeks after returning from Antigua.

Before press time, it was disclosed that the dead body had been taken to Lyken Funeral Parlour and a post mortem examination has been scheduled for today but efforts to contact the Police were unsuccessful