'I have No trust in the Police Force'-Mother tells Pres. Ali

‘I have No trust in the Police Force’-Mother tells Pres. Ali

Apr 26, 2025 News

‘Autopsy postponed’

…as family demands independent pathologist, observers

Kaieteur News- Amecia Simon, the devastated mother of 11-year-old year Adrianna Younge, has appealed to President Irfaan Ali to assign international investigators to probe her daughter’s death, as the family does not trust the Guyana Police Force(GPF).

'I have No trust in the Police Force'-Mother tells Pres. Ali

The mother and father of the dead 11-year-old girl speaking with President Ali on Thursday evening.

In an interview with Kaieteur News on Friday morning, the woman shared brief details of her meeting with the Head of State on Thursday evening. Simon said President Ali assured relatives that there will be justice for the child.

She however shared, “To be honest this family (hotel owners) have so much of linkage and whatever that like I ain’t able.”

The body of the 11-year- old girl was pulled from the Double Day International Hotel pool on Thursday morning by her father, Subrian Younge amid heated protest action. The child was reported missing around 14:00hrs on Wednesday during an outing with her grandmother. Despite repeated appeals for the Police to conduct a thorough search of the premises, family members claim this was not done. Furthermore, the GPF later admitted to issuing an inaccurate statement which indicated that the child left the Hotel in a red and black Toyota Raum the evening she went missing.

Relatives remained adamant that little Adrianna had not left the Hotel as surveillance footage reviewed from a neighbour’s camera only showed the child entering.

To this end, the woman said that made it clear that the family does not trust the GPF to probe her daughter’s
death. She broke down as she explained,”I told him (President Ali), I said the Guyana Police Force failed us. They helped to kill my child, from the Commander right down. They know what was going on all the time.”

Dead: Adrianna Younge

She added that Ali did not deny the family of any if its requests, including for independent investigators to probe the matter.

Meanwhile, the woman confirmed that a Post Mortem Examination (PME) has not been completed on the child’s body but has been postponed to Monday. The PME was initially scheduled to be conducted on Friday.

Simon who struggled to provide the update explained that the family has since agreed to allow a pathologist from Barbados to conduct the PME, however, they have requested that the examination be postponed
until Monday.

“We said we don’t mind this person that they are bringing but we want to get
somebody as well. So, we have Dr. Caleb and we are gonna get somebody else because we don’t want nobody to do their own thing and then they will say oh shedrown,” the mother cried.

Dr. Caleb (only name given) is a local doctor, according to Simon. The family is also seeking the expertise of an overseas medical doctor to observe the PME on Monday. So far, the family has not set a date to lay the 11-year-old to rest.

Meanwhile, the family’s Attorney, Darren Wade in a statement on Friday evening reiterated the family’s lack of
confidence in the GPF to conduct an impartial and thorough investigation into the matter. Consequently, the
Lawyer said the family is demanding that the Government of Guyana (GoG) invites the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) or the Scotland Yard or the Royal Mounted Branch of Canada to investigate this matter. With regard to the Pathologist from Barbados, Dr. Shubhakar Karra Paul, relatives are calling for the GoG to disclose whether he possesses postgraduate training in anatomical pathology. “Furthermore, if such qualifications exist, we
request confirmation as to whether he holds a subspecialty in forensic pathology, and if so, where he received his training in these disciplines,” the Lawyer added.

He explained that his office is presently in communication with pathologists based in North America. The Lawyer noted that the group is currently determining which one will travel to Guyana for the PME to be done on Monday. As such, he appealed, “We are asking the government to have the medical board ready and prepare to grant all necessary approvals, after the necessary documentations are presented.”

Additionally, Wade has requested that the GPF make contact with the family through his office as relatives have complained that they are uncomfortable with the approaches being made by Officers.

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Adrianna Younge, Amecia Simon, Double Day International Hotel, Guyana Police Force(GPF)., President Irfaan Ali

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