George Stewart drowned while diving for conch in Stann Creek

The search for the missing caretaker at Tobacco Caye in the Stann Creek District has ended sadly, with news of his body being recovered Friday evening. Fifty-eight year old George Anthony Stewart was believed to have gone to dive for conch on Tuesday evening around four-thirty but failed to return. A search party went looking for him. According to police, his body was retrieved from the sea near the Cat Caye area, Stann Creek. After identification it was transported to Dangriga, where a post mortem examination certified cause of death as drowning.