THE body of a father of four was discovered with the lower right leg severed along with several chops decorating his slim figure which was found in a clump of bushes in Mahaicony,East Coast Demerara, yesterdayday morning.Dead is 41-year-old Curt Burke of Lot 20, Old Road, Drill, Mahaicony. The mutilated body was partially wrapped in tree vines when it was discovered.The police in a statement said they were investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of Burke, whose body was found at about 09:30hrs.
The lawmen said that the injuries are suspected to have resulted from a hit-and-run accident.
However, relatives dismissed what the police stated as mere speculation, noting that the father of four was murdered.
“His head had a large hole in it like someone shot him and his leg was chopped from his body, there was no blood or skid marks where they said the accident occurred. There was blood nowhere, it appears as if he was killed and brought to that place to make it look like an accident,” his aunt Carmen Burke disclosed.

Other reports disclosed that a car struck Burke’s bicycle on Drill Public Road and the driver upon investigating what he had hit, was told by a man nearby to return to his vehicle and leave, since staying and looking around may put him in problems. The driver on the dark roadway decided to heed the man’s advice and swiftly left the scene. Burke’s bicycle was found with only a minor bend to the wheel.
According to one relative: “They found him with his arm in the air like if he was blocking chops and lashes. His leg was found a far distance away from the body.”

Other reports revealed that Burke was drinking Tuesday night and never returned home as usual to assist his relative with work around the yard. “Is a very dark area he living and I don’t know if anybody do him anything when he was coming home or if he was drunk,” one resident said. “He lives with his 10-year-old son, but the boy is by his aunt, so we didn’t see him Wednesday morning as usual,” the resident related. Curt was described as a “jack of all trades” and would usually work as a mason, carpenter and vendor at Bourda Market.