Testing of the DNA samples suspected to be of British teen Dominic Bernard, which were sent to Trinidad and Tobago has been completed and are expected to be uplifted today.
This is according to Crime Chief Wendell Blanhum who told Stabroek News that a rank will be leaving Guyana today for Trinidad and Tobago to uplift the results. Blanhum said he is expected back in the country by this afternoon.
The results of the DNA report will confirm whether the decomposed body found on January 8 in the backlands of Nurney, which is located next to Kildonan on the Corentyne is indeed that of Bernard.
Eighteen-year-old Bernard had travelled from London to Guyana on October 14, 2015. His father had 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.
After the discovery of the body suspected to be that of Bernard’s, Hing and Staymon George were arrested the following day after wanted bulletins were issued by the authorities.
The men, while in police custody, allegedly admitted to bludgeoning Bernard to death and burying his body in a shallow grave just a few hours after his arrival in the country.
