Drowning was given as the cause of death for Tianna DeCourte, 8, and Jadon DeCourte, 10, both of Melanie Public Road, East Coast Demerara.
This is according to post-mortem examinations conducted on Friday at the Memorial Gardens Mortuary by Government Pathologist Dr Nehaul Singh.
The bodies were subsequently handed over to relatives for funeral arrangements.
According to preliminary reports, police received information at about 11:05 a.m. on Monday that two children were lying in a trench. Emergency Medical Technicians responded and pronounced both children dead at the scene. Police said no marks of violence were observed on the bodies.
In an emotional interview, their mother Tesha De Courte rejected claims circulating on social media that the children were wandering.
