The identities of two young men found dead in Sea Lots on Sunday evening was confirmed by their relatives at the Forensic Science Centre, Federation Park.
Eighteen-year-old Rykeel Dookna of Cumberbatch Street, Arouca and twenty-one-year-old Rikeil Cumberbatch of Samaroo Village, Arima were cousins.
According to police reports between 5 p.m. and 7.30 p.m. on Sunday, residents of Pioneer Drive, Sea Lots, contacted the Besson Street Police Station after noticing the bodies in the East Dry River, Sea Lots.
Some of the residents lent support to the Coast Guard and the Hunters Search and rescue Team to extract the bodies from the water.
The bodies were then taken to a mortuary in East Port of Spain.
Yesterday morning the bodies were brought to the Science Centre to be positively identified and an autopsy is expected to be done later this week.
However, police indicate that it appeared both men had been stabbed before their bodies were thrown into the river.
The grieving parents of both young men were at the centre yesterday morning, not believing it was their sons until they saw their bodies. They both appeared to have been dead for some time.