-god-brother, other man held in search for missing Briton
-samples of decomposed body for DNA testing
-Police round up several Kildonan villagers for questioning

TWO men suspected to be involved in the disappearance of British teenager Dominic Bernard, and for whom police have issued wanted bulletins, have been arrested.

Twenty-two-year-old Aaron Hing, Bernard’s god-brother and the prime suspect in his disappearance, was arrested at a city hotel on Friday evening and has reportedly confessed to his involvement in Bernard’s disappearance; while Staymon George, 23, was arrested yesterday at a house in Tucville, Georgetown.

Police had issued wanted bulletins for the duo after a badly decomposed body was found in a

shallow grave in the Kildonan Backlands on Friday. The body was removed yesterday, and samples are expected to be sent overseas for DNA testing to confirm if indeed the body is that of the 18-year-old British national.

The remains were discovered in a two-foot grave in a clump of bushes in an area called “eight rods” or “third reef”, approximately 80 metres from the Kildonan Primary School dam. The body was clad with a shirt and short pants, and from all indications, it appears to have been there for some time.

When undertakers from the Ramoo’s Funeral Parlour removed the body and placed it in the hearse, there was no stench emanating from the body. The body is currently awaiting a post-mortem to determine cause of death.

Detectives were, late yesterday afternoon, still at the crime scene carrying out their investigations.

Alex Vallouza, called ‘Black Boy’, was taken by the police to the crime scene. He is still in custody assisting with investigations. Vallouza is Hing’s cousin. Several other villagers have been rounded up by the police as the investigations continue. Yesterday, police took some villagers to the site where the decomposed body was found.

According to information received, the detectives were led to the scene after being tipped off.
According to a source, who asked to remain anonymous, he had noticed suspicious activities in the

area and was told that a body had been buried in the backdam late last year. He told a friend, who put the pieces together after seeing

the news about the missing teen, and they decided to inform the police, leading them to the shallow grave. This source had reportedly seen the prime suspect along with another person in the area.

George, who is said to be a close friend of Aaron Hing, is believed to be the driver who transported Hing to the airport to collect Bernard.

Meanwhile, reports are that many persons had known of a body being dumped in the Kildonan backlands, but were fearful to divulge information. Now that the story is out in the public domain, more persons are coming out with information but requesting anonymity.
The question on villagers’ minds is what could have led to the gruesome murder. Some say the act was committed on the same night Bernard arrived in the country.
According to an aunt of the prime suspect, Aaron Hing, she had not heard or seen her nephew since Christmas Day. She told reporters that her nephew had only told her he was going out and he never returned. She heard of what had happened only when he was arrested in Georgetown late Friday night.

When she was shown a picture of Bernard, she said she has never seen him in Kildonan or in the company of her nephew. She said she does not live at the residence, but has only been staying there a few days with her sister Neshan Apanah, mother of Aaron Hing.

Bernard disappeared after arriving in Guyana on October 14, 2015. He had been expected to return to London on November 5. During a press conference held at Cara Lodge, the missing teen’s father, Andrew Bernard, who arrived from London, had said: “My son flew on BW 903, leaving London’s Gatwick on 10/14 at 12:50 pm, arriving POS at 5.30 pm on the same day. He then boarded BW 483 from POS to GT at 8.40 pm, arriving at Timehri at 9.50 pm.

“We know Dominic cleared customs, after that we have no information.” He described Dominic as 6 feet tall, medium build, with black hair, longer on top than on the sides, and he was wearing blue jeans, white sweatshirt with black jacket that had leather in the middle and the arms were fabric.
He was wearing white Nike sneakers. He had one suitcase and one piece of hand luggage, his father confirmed. The family had initially reached out to the Surrey Police in London, who began investigation in the UK.