Fresh evidence could link prime suspect to teenager
Missing Berbice teen
Missing: Leonard Archibald
As Police continue to follow leads into the whereabouts of the 13-year-old boy who went missing in Berbice on Sunday evening, a pair of slippers has been discovered at a remote site in the village.
Villagers have linked the slippers to the prime suspect. Two persons are now in custody after a missing child’s report was filed at the Sisters Village Police Station on the East Bank of Berbice. One of the suspects is a man who villagers say has a history of sexually molesting young boys.
The missing teenager has been identified as Leonard Archibald. Reports are the 13-year-old, who attends Overwinning Secondary School, was last seen on Sunday night.
Reports are that the missing boy was last seen riding a bicycle along the main access road on the East Bank of Berbice, wearing only a pair of trousers and a pair of slippers.
Archibald rode ahead of his three sisters that he was accompanying home from a birthday function on the East Bank of Berbice. He has not been seen or heard from since.
Following the disappearance of the teenager, Police questioned several persons, but detained two.
The main suspect, whose name was only given as “Edwards”, is allegedly known in the village as a child molester.
Villagers say there are reports that he would tie up young boys and molest them. They claim that recently he broke a boy’s jaw. Reports are that on Thursday, the pair of slippers was found at the site where the boy was tied to a tree, but he subsequently escaped when the suspect moved off.
