God brother of missing British teen now ‘a person of interest’ – Police

As the Guyana Police Force continues to investigate the mysterious disappearance of British national Dominic Bernard, investigators are now hunting for the relative whom the teenager was visiting.

The 18-year-old travelled to Guyana on October 14, 2015, and while records show that the young man arrived in the country, he has since vanished without a trace. The young man was reportedly visiting his god brother, Aaron Hing, who resides in Kildonan, Corentyne, Berbice.

However, the missing teenager’s father, Andrew Bernard, told reporters on Tuesday that his god son was reportedly unaware of the teenager’s visit. “It appears that Aaron was unaware that Dominic was making this trip,” Andrew stated.

But when contacted on Wednesday, Head of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) Wendell Blanhum told this publication that the Police had gone to Hing’s residence in Berbice on several occasions but the man was nowhere to be found and the house remains locked.

“So he is now a person of interest in the investigation,” Blanhum stated. The Crime Chief explained that while the teenager has reportedly been missing since mid-October, the Police were only informed of the matter on Monday.

This publication understands that after not hearing from the teenager since he left London, his father made contact with Hing asking to speak with Dominic. However, Hing claimed that he never picked up the teenager from the airport; in fact, he did not even know the young man was coming to Guyana.

This newspaper was further told that Andrew Bernard arrived in Guyana on Friday last and the following day, he met with his god son. Then on Monday, Bernard reported his missing son to the Police.

According to records, 18-year-old Dominic Bernard left London on flight BW903 at 12:50h on October 14, and arrived in Trinidad at 17:30h the same day. He then boarded flight BW483 from Port of Spain to Georgetown, arriving at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport at 21:50h.

Airport records show that the young man cleared immigration at the CJIA but unfortunately, his trail ended there. This newspaper was told that associates of the Bernard family had gone to review the surveillance footage at the CJIA on Monday in hopes of finding a lead. However, the airport has a rollover system of 60 days and the footage from October 14 was no longer in the system.

Dominic is six foot tall with medium build and has black hair longer on top than on the sides of his head. At the time of his travel, he was wearing blue jeans, a white sweatshirt with a black leather jacket with fabric sleeves. He was also wearing white Nike sneakers. The young man was carrying a suitcase and hand luggage. He was said to have a large amount of cash on him.

The worried father is also asking persons who might have seen the young man boarding a taxi or saw him anywhere else in Georgetown or Guyana to contact them immediately. “I urge anyone who flew on those flights or who may have sat with my son or may have spoken to him to please contact me. Any bit of information, however small, will be helpful,” the man pleaded.

Anyone with information on the whereabouts of 18-year-old Dominic Bernard is asked to call telephone number 695-9065 or email his father at andrew@andlin.co.uk or contact the Police.