DNA confirms skeletal remains found at Kuru Kuru are those of Answar Stoll

Crime Chief Wendell Blanhum on Friday affirmed that DNA tests conducted on the skeletal remains found in the backlands of Kuru Kururu, East Bank Demerara last year have confirmed that they are those of Answar Stoll.
In July 2022, forensic investigators from the Criminal Investigations Department’s Crime Laboratory were dispatched to an area in the Kuru Kururu backdam to retrieve human skeletal remains believed to be those of Answar Stoll.
The bones retrieved included a skull and 11 vertebrae (commonly referred to as the backbone), while another 22 were still missing. Eleven pieces of rib bone were also recovered, while an estimated 13 pieces were still to be recovered. Both the left and right scapula and clavicle bones (shoulder bones) were recovered, as well as the bones of the pelvic girdle (the hip structure).

The bones were later examined by a pathologist and confirmed to be those of a male above the age of 35 years old. The pathologist found evidence of a 14 cm-long incised wound extending from the frontal bone to the parietal bone of the skull. This injury was ruled as the cause of death.
Samples were taken and sent overseas, where the remains were tested positive as those of Stoll.
Back in March 2021, 30-year-old Leon Waddel, also called “Mack”, was arrested in connection with Stoll’s disappearance. It was reported that Waddel had been found hiding in a fowl pen in front of his relative’s Kuru Kururu home.
After interrogation, Waddel confessed to inflicting the fatal wounds on Stoll, but at the time he did not reveal where he had disposed of Stoll’s corpse. Waddel was subsequently charged with the murder of Stoll, without Stoll’s body being found.
Following Stoll’s disappearance, his family members had turned up at his Kuru Kururu home in December 2020 with Police ranks, and found bloodstains on the wall. Stoll’s house had also been ransacked, and his documents and other personal belongings had been missing.
Stoll had lived alone about nine miles from the highway, and had not been employed. He reportedly had been supported by his mother and other family members.