Arrangements are currently being made by ranks of the Guyana Police Force to send samples from the decomposed remains found in Berbice earlier this month, suspected to be that of British teen Dominic Bernard to Trinidad and Tobago for DNA testing.
This was confirmed by Crime Chief Wendell Blanhum who told Stabroek News yesterday that as soon as arrangements are made the samples will be sent.
It was unclear how long it would take for results to return.
Eighteen-year-old Bernard had travelled from London to Guyana on October 14, 2015. His father has said that the teen was supposed to have been visiting his god brother Aaron Hing but there was no trace of him after he cleared customs.
On January 8, a decomposed body suspected to be Bernard’s was discovered in the backlands of Nurney, which is located next to Kildonan.
Hing and Staymon George were arrested the following day after wanted bulletins were issued by authorities.
The men, while in police custody, allegedly admitted to murdering Bernard, bludgeoning him to death and burying his body in a shallow grave just a few hours after his arrival in the country.
Apart from the two men, three others, Krystal Thomas, called “Kathy,” 20, of 19 Public Road, Kildonan, Jahmeil Sinclair, called “Fross,” or “Bacchus,” 19, of Kildonan Village and Sinfine Henry, called “Coreen,” 39, of Nurney Village, were also charged with involvement in the murder.
They are all scheduled to make their next court appearance today at the Whim Magistrate’s Court.
