Body of NYPD cop Gladstone Haynes found in Guyana after he vanished on vacation

The body of a missing NYPD cop from Brooklyn was recovered in Guyana early Wednesday, three days after he vanished while swimming in a waterfall during a vacation.

Gladstone Haynes, 43, a 17-year department veteran serving at the 70th Precinct, was found dead at Orinduik Falls around 6:30 a.m. local time Wednesday, news outlet Demerara Waves reported.

He was reported missing Sunday afternoon after failing to return from an excursion to the waterfall.

“Enquiries disclosed that Gladstone was swimming below the Orinduik Falls in the water, which was high and streaming heavily at the time. He reportedly went under the surface of the water and disappeared,” local police stated, according to the Demerara Waves.

Haynes had traveled to the popular tourist site on the border of Guyana and Brazil with the mother of his children, identified as Alicia Vassell, who was celebrating her 34th birthday that day.

The couple had first visited Kaieteur Falls before continuing on to Orinduik Falls as part of a tour group.

An eyewitness told Demerara Waves that Haynes ran into some kind of trouble while swimming and grabbed onto another man’s hand.

“I don’t know if the guy couldn’t grip him, and at that point, he went under water and he didn’t come up back after that point,” the witness said.   

Local authorities spent the next three days scouring the area in search of the missing cop before his body was discovered at the waterfall Wednesday.

Prior to the grim find, the NYPD confirmed to The Post on Tuesday that the department was helping Guyanese authorities in the search for Haynes.

According to publicly available records, Haynes has been on the force since 2005 — and at the 70th Precinct since 2017 — and earned $105,000 last year.